Reading Notes: Week 2 Anthology
The story The Beauty and the Basilisk: The Three Roses grabbed my attention because it was a spin off of The Beauty and the Beast. The story was easy to follow especially if you know the story of The Beauty and the Beast.
In the story there was a mother, three daughters, and a basilisk.
There were a few settings, the town (not mentioned that much), the market (not mentioned much), and the palace (most important).
The mother is important because she made the decision to pay her debt with her child.
The daughter is important because she actually went to the palace as payment to save her mother.
The basilisk is important because he demanded the payment and gave all the orders.
The other two daughters were not important--just needy.
The three roses were the significant objects that put the daughters fate in the basilisk's hands.
The beheading of the basilisk was the significant change in the story; that act(s) was how he transformed into the handsome youth.
I do not understand why the beheading "delivered him" back to his original self; did he learn some sort of lesson? Did he realize he loved her and wanted to be human again to marry him?
In the end, they were married.
Staying near the story is the strategy that I plan on doing. Maybe instead of roses, I might use a garden gnome or a statue. The "villain" might be a different being that also spreads fear, but can be sweet and genuine also, something like a lion. I see lions as wise animals, and so I brainstormed that the lion will be selfish and conceited and in order to transform back to his human self, he has to perform a selfless act and learn that the world does not revolve around him.
In the story there was a mother, three daughters, and a basilisk.
There were a few settings, the town (not mentioned that much), the market (not mentioned much), and the palace (most important).
The mother is important because she made the decision to pay her debt with her child.
The daughter is important because she actually went to the palace as payment to save her mother.
The basilisk is important because he demanded the payment and gave all the orders.
The other two daughters were not important--just needy.
The three roses were the significant objects that put the daughters fate in the basilisk's hands.
The beheading of the basilisk was the significant change in the story; that act(s) was how he transformed into the handsome youth.
I do not understand why the beheading "delivered him" back to his original self; did he learn some sort of lesson? Did he realize he loved her and wanted to be human again to marry him?
In the end, they were married.
Staying near the story is the strategy that I plan on doing. Maybe instead of roses, I might use a garden gnome or a statue. The "villain" might be a different being that also spreads fear, but can be sweet and genuine also, something like a lion. I see lions as wise animals, and so I brainstormed that the lion will be selfish and conceited and in order to transform back to his human self, he has to perform a selfless act and learn that the world does not revolve around him.
Scar, the selfish lion, from the
Lion King Disney movie. By
The Animation Source
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