What is the moral of the fable "Beauty and the Beast?"?

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in particular, Italo Calvino's version, but I'm sure they're all pretty similar in this. Thanks!

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a big gold star goes to whoever can say it Italian!!! :D

Answer 1

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For me the moral is that despite what befalls you in life you should never treat innocent persons as though they are responsible for your state of misery and you should never become so bitter with life that you no longer wish to be a part of it because the one responsible for the state you're in is staring back at you in the mirror-YOURSELF.Also you should not become so frustrated with life that you fail to recognize when someone has entered your life to help you change it!!!!!

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original, thanks! :D

Answer 2

do you have like a homework assignment on Beauty and the Beast or something, moral is beauty is skin deep. meaning personality more imporant than looks

Answer 3

The moral to the fable bueaty and the beast is that looks are not whats important and love can over come all!!!

Answer 4

Love prevail over adversity.

Answer 5

The moral was to love someone for who they are on the inside not on the outside. Beauty is only skin deep. And that's the truth.

Answer 6

That the beautys knidness tamed the cold heart of the beast.

Answer 7

it does not matter what the looks are, it is what's inside counts (the character).

Answer 8

Never judge someone by the way they look! beauty loved the beast even though he was a beast!

Answer 9

Beauty is only skin deep... it's what is inside that matters.

Answer 10

"beauty is only skin deep", is what i've been hearing from almost all the other answers ... but i think that only becomes true somewhere abt halfway thru the fable ... initially, the beast is what he looks like -- terrible! ... I think the moral is that love and kindness can overcome past prejudices and grievances, ultimately changing the heart of one for the better ... Also, it seems that force never triumphs over kindness and love =)

hope that helped!

good luck =)

Answer 11

(1) Looks don't matter. Unless you're a woman.
(2) Looks don't matter as long as you're rich.
(3) As long as you're beautiful, it doesn't matter whether or not you're poor with a crazy father.

Now, a _Beauty and the Beast_ with a _male_ beauty and a female beast I would love to see.