One of my favorite fairy tales is Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.
Archetypes:
The maiden/hero- Belle
The magician- The woman who cast the spell on the Beast
Shadow- Beast
Trickster- Gustan
17 Stages of Monomyth
Departure-
The Call to Adventure: Belle goes searching for her father when he is lost in the woods.
Refusal of the Call: Belle is nervous/scared of the mysterious and unfamiliar woods.
Supernatural Aid: Belle takes her companion horse.
The Crossing of the First Threshold: Belle enters the woods.
Belly of the Whale: She enters the Beast’s castle in search of her father.
Initiation-
The Road of Trials: Belle takes the place of her captured father. She choses to be imprisoned inside of the castle with the Beast in order for her father to be freed. She meets all of the magical household items within the castle and befriends them.
The Meeting with the Goddess: Belle meets the Beast for dinner and realizes the true kindness and heart he has within himself. They both begin to fall in love.
Temptation: Belle wants to return home in order to take care of her sick father and leave the Beast.
Apotheosis: The Beast is threatened to be killed by the people of Belle’s village. The Beast kills Gustan, the trickster, to prove his true devotion to Belle.
The Ultimate Boon: The Beast in transformed back into a prince because he was able to show his love and compassion for another human-being, Belle.
Return
Refusal of the Return/Freedom to Live: Belle lives happily ever after and resides inside of the castle with the Beast.
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