Beauty and the Beast

                  As a feminist critic, I don't see much good qualities of a woman  in this fairy tale. Though the female character had some major roles in the story which is unlikely to most fairy tales, she was not portrayed as someone who was strong, capable, wise or efficient. Rather so childish, innocent and simple. Just by looking at her speech , "picked a rose, specially for me when you return" in the early part of the story before her father left for the journey. Even the name "Beauty" implies nothing but a good looking girl with fair skin. NO wit, no wisdom. Plus less common sense. Later in the story, it became more obvious.
                  When the father came home with the problem that she has to go and stay with the Beast, she told her father not to worry. But she had no idea what to do. She didn't have any counter plan at all. She was so naive and could not think of a solution but just to go with the flow. She didn't fight for her life or right nor her father's but to go to the castle and live with the Beast. She didn't even try to reason for the excessive demand of the Beast. A life for a rose which wasn't even picked!
                  So she lived with the Beast and later began to like him as expected from a kind woman. She cares much to what looks nice and pleasant. She is a very typical woman as she is weak, 'beautiful, obedient, kind and emotional. She forgot her promise to return to the castle when she saw her father. She just simply forgot someone who gave her everything she ever needed. But she is so pathetic that she had to cry and beg at the Beast's feet to go out and see her father.
According to the story, beauty is what she had, crying is what she knew and begging is what she did. Well she had good qualities too. But just to please the man like, being kind, obedient, gentle and beautiful. She wouldn't stand up but she obeyed. She wouldn't fight but to cry and beg. They are the possessions of the family or the husband. They are what men need. They are Men's pleasure and supposed to make men happy or complete.

Yaw Mang & AJ Parel

Link to the story: http://ivyjoy.com/fables/beauty.html