Belle

**Belle** is a young benevolent bibliophile woman who develops feelings for the Beast and begins to see the humanity within him. She is played by Emma Watson. In this version, Belle isn't only a bookworm, but also an inventor - she uses her inventions for everyday chores such as laundry, which in turn provides her with time to catch up on her reading.

## Personality

Belle is kind, caring, polite, respectful, well-mannered selfless, moral, honorable, empathetic, graceful, brave, headstrong, intelligent, independent, logical, bibliophilic, assertive, defiant, spirited.

Despite her polite, respectful and well-mannered traits, Belle can sometimes be impulsive and outspoken; to the point of being unintentionally rude and disrespectful.

## Biography

### Early Life

Belle was born in Paris and lived there with her father Maurice and mother, when she was still an infant a plague broke, her mother was soon infected by the plague and died from it, forcing Maurice to take Belle and flee Paris for safer havens towards the town of Villeneuve, as she was unaware of how her mother died; something that she would not discovered for many years. As a result of his wife's passing, Maurice is somewhat overprotective of Belle and has reservations over her dream of experiencing adventure. As such, he created music boxes that represent different countries to allow her to "see the world" without actually having to leave their provincial town.

### *Beauty and the Beast*

Belle is a young woman who lives in a provincial town with her father, Maurice. She is also the love interest of a hunter named Gaston, though she doesn't like him. One day, while exploring the landscape around her, the people all seem to show interest in her. Encountering Gaston, he requests her to go on a date with him to which Belle decides not to. Belle walks into her father Maurice in his workshop just as Maurice explains to Belle that the village around her is small, which is safe than larger villages and after a conversation between Belle and her father, Belle asks him for a rose like the one in his painting just as Maurice storms off to the marketplace to find a rose for her. As Maurice leaves, Belle returns to the village around her teaching a nearby girl how to read to which she then approaches Gaston again who tells her to give advice to the villagers, explaining to her that she would never marry him even though the village around Belle's world is small. After the conversation, Belle sings a reprise of the song named after her, longing for great adventure in the world around her.

When Philippe arrives towards Belle, the horse is worried that he recently discovered something mysterious her father Maurice encountered, causing Belle to ride on him to get to the Beast's Castle. Arriving there, Belle encounters Lumiere and Cogsworth who are commenting about Belle's plan to break the curse. Belle uses Lumiere as a torch to protect herself in order to find her father. Encountering Maurice, he warns her to escape before the Beast finds her. Belle then asks the Beast to find her father to which the Beast denies about her father's actions. Approaching the Beast, Belle spends a minute alone with the Beast requesting him to see her father just as Belle notices the Beast taking her father away. Afterwards, Lumiere escorts Belle to her room who later introduces himself to Belle, just as Cogsworth approaches his conversation with Belle.

While exploring outside, Lumiere tells Belle that she can explore any part of the castle except for the west wing just as Belle is taken to her new room in the castle, to which it is known that the castle is now her new home just as Belle encounters Plumette, Madame De Garderobe, and Froufrou inside her new room as she encounters them in awe.

The Beast then requests Belle for a dinner invitation in the dining area, but she rejects his offer for locking her in the tower. She later gets an invitation from Mrs. Potts to go to the dining area, explaining that she would feel better after dinner just as Belle is told to go to dinner to which Belle is taken to the dining area where Lumiere and the other objects perform the musical number "Be Our Guest" in front of Belle, satisfying her.

After the musical number "Be Our Guest", Mrs. Potts talks to Belle, telling her that the Beast is willing to be set free by finding someone to fall in love with. After talking to Mrs. Potts, she tells her son to go to bed. Belle then looks at the damaged picture of the royal family's castle and arrives at the spot where the Enchanted Rose is at, only for the Beast to confront her as he angrily roars at her to get out of the castle. Belle then plans to leave, but Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, and Froufrou try to stop Belle from leaving, but Belle leaves. Escaping, Belle rides on Philippe while a pack of wolves prepares to attack. The Beast then arrives and fights against the pack of wolves, shooing away the wolves. Belle comforts over the injured Beast as he is taken to the castle, where he is told to help her only if he controls his temper. While taking care of the Beast, Mrs. Potts tells Belle the Beast about his tragic loss of his mother and having to be raised by his abusive father just as the Beast calms himself while resting. Later after singing the musical number "Days in the Sun", Lumiere explains to Belle that if the last petal falls, the Prince will remain a Beast forever and the castle residents become inanimate objects.

With the Beast healed, he takes Belle to the library as she looks at the library around her in excitement. Later, Belle and the Beast walk outside together just as the couple looks at the frozen lake around them. Belle then teaches the Beast how to be gentle to Philippe and later sings the musical number "Something There" just as she and the Beast start a relationship with them. Later, Belle thanks the Beast for saving from the wolves just as Belle talks to him about the villagers thinking Belle is funny. Back at the library, the Beast shows Belle a book from the Enchantress related to the curse she casted on her. Belle later takes the Beast into Paris where she sings to him that the childhood at Paris is gone just as she remembers her tragic flashback about her mother who died from plague just as the Beast apologizes to her for calling her a thief.

Back at the Beast's Castle, Belle wears a ball gown while the Beast wears a formal suit just as she and the Beast dance together during the musical number "Beauty and the Beast" as Mrs. Potts sings in front of the dancing couple.

As the couple arrives at the balcony, Belle tells the Beast that her father taught her how to dance. Showing empathy to Belle, the Beast gives her the Enchanted Mirror to Belle to help find her father. Upon seeing Maurice being attacked by an angry mob, Belle is tasked to go find her father and rescue her.

As Belle leaves the castle to find her father, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, and Plumette are worried about Belle planning to find her father just as they all leave sadly, as the Beast sings the musical number "Evermore". Belle walks across Gaston in front of Maurice who is being threatened just as Belle shows proof about the Beast to the townspeople. During this moment, Belle finds out that Gaston betrayed her about the Beast being a hideous monster as Gaston is aggressively planning to kill the Beast as Belle is locked into the carriage. Afterwards, Gaston sends an angry mob to kill the Beast. Belle and Maurice plan to escape the carriage in an attempt to warn the Beast that Gaston has sent in the mob to kill him. Belle then rides on Philippe to return to the castle.

Arriving back at the Castle, Belle notices Gaston hurting the Beast just as Gaston tries to finish his plan to kill the Beast. After the Beast reunites with Belle, she comforts over him after being injured. Gaston, however, falls to his death while Belle tries to protect the Beast. Belle ends up crying over the Beast's motionless body as the last petal falls.

As the last petal falls, Agathe arrives to the spot where Belle cries over the Beast's dead body as Agathe uses her magic to restore the Enchanted Rose as the Beast is transformed back into his normal form, the Prince whom Belle manages to recognize as her beloved by looking into his eyes before sharing a kiss with him. With the spell broken and the castle fixed, the Prince and Belle dance in the ballroom with the other residents of the castle to celebrate the couple's wedding.

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