tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934170279470612782.post6884083095018192931..comments2024-03-29T03:37:32.269-05:00Comments on SurLaLune Fairy Tales Blog: Beauty and the Beast: Unhappy EndingsSurLaLune Fairy Taleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08947330164532891634noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934170279470612782.post-18274345498356434952013-10-30T19:50:11.533-05:002013-10-30T19:50:11.533-05:00Doesn't the Portuguese tale "The Maiden a...Doesn't the Portuguese tale "The Maiden and the Beast" also end in an unhappy ending in which after Beauty returns too late to the Beast, he curses her before he dies and she too dies a few days later--most likely through grief while her sisters live on in poverty?<br /><br />I actually hate "The Ram" due to its extremely unhappy ending--although I enjoy "The Yellow Dwarf" another of D' Aulnoy's fairy tales with an unhappy ending because technically it does end with the two lovers together again--albeit as trees.<br /><br />"The Ram" on the other hand ends rather abruptly and being a lover of happy endings--I do not enjoy it. I think I actually found a version online somewhere--where there actually is a happy ending and the ram does regain his human form.Glowwormnoreply@blogger.com