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In modern retellings of fairy tales, it only seems natural that the princess and prince get married and live “happily ever after” despite wild past occurrences and their true identities. Even if this certain ending is clearly preposterous, writers manage to round out and puzzle it altogether… or think they do so.

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In “Beauty and the Beast”, when readers arrive at the ending, many believe they have witnessed a grand and perfectly magical love between a gorgeous princess and a beast who transformed into a prince. The fact that Beast held Beauty captive and manipulated her into thinking she loved him seems to be put aside and insignificant when it is the truth that cannot be neglected. Likewise, the princess in “The Frog King” was “afraid of the cold frog” and even called him “nasty” until he became a prince with “beautiful smiling eyes” and took her to his kingdom the next day (Grimm 112). The question is the same: Where is the supposedly “true love”? In fairy tales, the sense of urgency for marriage is greater than love. It includes the idea, especially pushed by the princesses’ fathers, that princesses absolutely need a prince in their life to achieve eternal contentment.

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Through an in-depth analysis of various “Beauty and the Beast” fairy tale retellings, I will argue that intimacy between the princess and the prince is commonly superficial with physical attraction and without much say from the princess’ honest desires, romance appears forced concluding with marriage.

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-Beast asks "Do you still picture me as a monster?" Beauty does.
-Beast asks "What if I let you go? Would you stay of your own free will?" Beauty would not.
-Clear evidence Beauty is being held captive and she dislikes it.
-Beauty wonders what violence hid behind the Beasts' gentleness. In continuous doubt even if she knew Beast was gentle.

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"The Animal Groom Cycle of Fairy Tales" (Bettleheim) 

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"The Animal Groom Cycle of Fairy Tales" (Bettleheim) 

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-"The rescuers fall in love with these heroines because of their beauty" (277)
-"We are left in the dark about the feelings of the heroines" (277)

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-Princess afraid of Frog, thinks it's ugly
-She tries to run away from it, but father "makes" her stay with the frog. WHY?
-As soon as frog transforms into attractive prince, the princess' inner thoughts are shut and they go to the kingdom next morning to get married.
-No chemistry or love demonstrated between the two, marriage is rushed.
-Emphasis on outward beauty

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-Beast wants heroine naked. She says no. He asks again. She says no again. Why is he continuously asking her to undress against her will?
-Heroine has to allow 1 visit from the Beast with limits.

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-Beast asks Beauty to be his wife and Beauty rejects him. "I will always be your friend" (135) No feelings of love
-When Beauty wishes to return home, he says "Beast shall die of sorrow at your departure" (135)
-A threat?! Beauty has no choice but to say that she will return in eight days
-Throughout the days being held captive, Beauty is forced to stay with Beast until she feels empathy for him.

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-Does Beauty forget what the male did to her after she is struck by his attractive appearance? Is that why the ugly truth behind princes is covered up so well?

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-Frog tells princess they should lie down and sleep.
-Princess despises him and even cries. Father gets angry at her and tells her to do what the frog wishes.
-She has no say and is forced to do so.
-Princess is limited in what she can do with her actions, she HATES the frog but still is forced to follow through.

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-In every retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" Daughter is "sold" by father against her own will. She has no choice but to do so.
-From the beginning, the meeting between Beauty and the Beast was forced, against Beauty's will.

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Sense of marriage is greater than love.

-Doesn't the fact that Beauty gets married to Beast mean that she loves him to some extent?

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-From the beginning, Beauty had no intent to meet with the Beast. Her father either sold her to him or forced her to stay with him. Beasts' manipulation played the greatest part in making Beauty develop feelings of empathy for him.