Tale of Tulisa and Beauty and the Beast both feature a love story between a human and a non-human figure. There are many similarities and differences between each story. Motifs of unrequited love filter throughout both works, highlighting on the struggles between central characters. The central characters within the stories include: Belle, Tulisa, King of Serpent, Beast, Nur-Singh, and Maurice. Tale of Tulisa, is a mythological folktale that originated from North India, and relates to the ancient myth AT Folklore Type 25, “The Search for the Lost Husband. In addition, Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale romance film written by a French novelist. In comparison both …show more content…
In the folktale Tale of Tulisa, Tulisa was urning for the Prince to prove his affection for her. He proved his affection by responding to her request, and it caused destruction for her. Tulisa lost her wealth, palace, and husband. Tulisa had to prove her love. She boldly performed dangerous tasks to reunite with her husband. This implies that true love has no fear or interferences. Although she caused the destruction within her life, she was welling to do anything to have her happy-ever-after. In beauty and the beast, the film teaches that that true love doesn’t discriminate on appearance, boundaries, and distance. The true message of this film is to never judge a book by its cover. At the beginning, the prince had a beautiful appearance but a nasty heart, until the Prince was cursed into an ugly beast. Eventually, he had to learn to genuinely care and love for Belle, which took time. Belle on the other hand, had a beautiful heart and appearance, and was able to look past the Beast appearance. With a pure heart, one is able to truly love someone even at his or her worst. Love is the key ingredient to happiness in both of these