Beauty and the Beast

Comparing two fairy tales to point out the differences the authors make in the stories, was mainly the author's purpose. The author of the essay relies on both "Beauty and the Beast" by Madame de Beaumont and also, "The Tiger's Bride" by Angela Carter(http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/359/beauty-and-the-beast-and-the-tigers-bride-to-be-or-not-to-be-a-beast) to point out the different main ideas of both stories, but still using the same characters. The text is constructed into an essay, which helps compare the stories by their main points and make them into paragraphs. Beauty, which represents women shows a difference side in each of the stories. In Beauty and the Beast she chooses to go in her father’s place to the palace of the Beast and die, while Angela Carter’s Beauty is handed over by her father as part of a game of cards that he had lost to the Beast. Both Beauty's show that to be a woman involves a degree of passivity and dependency on a man. The man is represented by the father. The author of the essay tries to point out the difference in each of the Beauty's. Madame de Beaumont's Beauty is independent but also virtuous, where Carter's Beauty is independent but she is also willing to do exactly what the Beast does, which is trying to persuade people. The thesis of the essay is pointed out by the decisions both characters make in the stories. Madame de Beaumont's characters marry and and virtuous, where Angela Carter's characters give in to the pressure of their sexuality and the Beauty begins to turn into the Beast because of her actions. The author of the essay uses the comparison of the characters as the evidence of the stories. Some of the evidence is used as inappropriate text because it goes a little off topic. The author uses the pattern of a regular essay, there is an introduction with body paragraphs and also a conclusion. The author explains the symbolism of the characters by their actions in both of the stories. It is done efficiently because it is in the right format and it also stays on topic . he author uses the right transition words when going into a new paragraph and also, when ending the essay they were able to close it off nicely. The language of the essay is quite formal, it stays in order and uses the correct words in the different sentences. The author intended the essay to be read by teenagers like us. They us words we are able to understand and easy to follow. The whole essay is filled with comparison. Everything the author points out is being compared between the two stories and the characters. They use the comparison to show what the characters represent and how their actions effect the stories' main idea. The author of the essay follows the same format I have always been taught in school. It starts with an introduction, has a couple of body paragraphs, and ends with a conclusion. Everything follows perfectly.