1. How would you characterise Belle's father?
Belle's father is obsessed with material things and is addicted to gambling. This becomes his downfall as he loses his daughter because of it. He sees his daughter as an object and would rather have money and wealth than a family.
2. When the carriage comes for Belle to take her to the Beast's castle, her father wants a rose. What does the rose symbolise in this passage?
The Rose that Belle gives her father is tainted with her blood. The rose is supposed to symbolise Belle's forgiveness to her father, but it shows that she resents him for gambling her away.
3. What is the significance of the maid that Belle gets? What could it symbolise? How does what ultimately happens to her help develop it as a symbol?
Belle gets a soubrette as her maid, this could symbolise Belle being robotic and living a false life, the kind of life that society wants her to live. The soubrette could symbolise society's ideal woman and the unrealistic nature of these expectations.
4. What is the significance about the diamonds that the Beast gives Belle?
The diamonds could link with The Bloody Chamber and how the Marquis gives the girl a ruby choker, he has malicious intentions and he wants to kill her, whereas the Beast gives Belle diamonds which are pure and clear and they show that the Beast holds no ill intentions towards her.
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