The Courtship of Mr Lyon The character Beauty

The Courtship of Mr Lyon The character Beauty

1. Adolescence

   • Lives with her father, depends on him. Innocent, inner beauty, simple, not materialistic.
     • "The one white rose she said she wanted...She asked for so little"
       • Does not ask for much, lives simply.

2. Life with Mr Lyon

   • Scared, disgusted by the Beast´s physical appearance.
     • ..."when she saw the grat paws lying on the arm of his char, she thought: they are the death of any tender herbivore."
   • At the beggining
     • Pretends to be happy and comfortable, for his father.
       • "Yet she stayed, and smiled, because her father wanted her to do so".
         • Shows her love for his father, wants to help him.
           • "She would gladly have gone to the ends of the earth for her father, whom she loved dearly."
   • After some time...
     • Starts enjoying her life in the castle. Feels comfortable.
       • "...against all her expectations, she was happy there."
     • Feelings for the Beast, likes him.
       • "She was moved almost to tears that he should care for her so. It was in her heart to drop a kiss upon his shaggy mane"

3. Life in London

   • Life as she had never know it. Rich life, wealth.
     • "...her father was rich again(...) his credit brought him nothing but the best"
     • "A resplendent hotel, the opera, theatres (...) parties"
       • Shows her new luxurious life.
         • Starts being corrupted by the wealth, vanity, luxury.
           • "She was learning, at the end of her adolescence, how to be a spoiled child"
           • Becomes materialistic, cares about physical beauty.
             • "she took off her earrings in front of the mirror, Beauty"
             • "...she smiled at herself in mirrors a little too often, these days, and the face that smiled back was not quite the one she had seen contained in the Beasts agate eyes"
               • Contrast with her beauty when living with the Beast.
           • Change in personality. Arrogant, hysterical, complains.
             • "...her sweetness and her gravity could sometimes turn a mite petulant when things went on not quite as she wanted them to go"

4. Returns to Mr Lyon´s castle

   • Inner beauty revives in her again.
   • Shows her feelings for the Beast
     • "Dont die, Beast! If you´ll have me, i´ll neve leave yo."
     • Doesn´t care about physical beauty anymore.
       • "covered his poor paws with her kisses"
         • Not disgusted by him.
   • Had left as a child, comes back as an adult.