I said: He cannot be so bad if he loves roses so much.But he is a Beast, said Father helplessly.I saw that he was weakening, and wishing only to comfort him I said, Cannot a Beast be tamed?
In the book "Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast" by Robin McKinley, a conversation unfolds between Beauty and her father concerning the nature of the Beast. Beauty reflects on the Beast's fondness for roses, suggesting that this passion indicates he may not be entirely bad. Her father, however, expresses his hopelessness about the situation, labeling the Beast unchangeable. Beauty, aiming to console her father, poses the...