Plot: Beauty and the Beast 1946 Adelaide, Belle, Felicie and Ludovic are young adult siblings who once lived in grandeur until their fathers merchant ships were lost at sea The family is now near ruin, but Adelaide and Felicie nonetheless still squander away the family money on themselves and keeping beautiful, whereas Belle slaves around the house, doting on her father Ludovic detests his two spoiled sisters, but is protective of Belle, especially with his friend Avenant, a handsome scoundrel who wants to marry Belle Crossing the forest one dark and stormy evening, the father gets lost and takes refuge in a fantastical castle Upon leaving, he steals a blossom off a rose bush, which Belle requested The castles resident, an angry beast, sentences him to one of two options for the theft of the rose his own death, or that of one of his daughters As she feels she is the cause of her fathers predicament despite her sisters asking for far more lavish gifts, Belle sacrifices herself to the beast Upon arriving at the castle, Belle finds that the beast, whose grotesqueness she cannot deny, does not want to kill her, but wants to marry her and lavish her with riches He does not force her, but he will ask her every night to marry him, these times the only ones when he will appear to her She vows never to say yes As Belle resigns herself to her mortal fate and looks deeper into the beast whose grotesque exterior masks a kind but tortured soul will her thoughts change Meanwhile, Belles family, who learn of her situation, have their own thoughts of what to do, some working toward what they believe is Belles best welfare, and others working toward their own benefit
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