hmm..i don have a clue the names, the ppl or the places..of this story...al i do know is there was a beast, he ws cursed to be one, and there was a beauty who brot him back to prince he really was...
now, one, let s in fact gather the chances the beast had with the beauty, had he had no money, power, or clout over the beauty's pop (father - victorian),
this father tried to pluck roses or somethin fronm the beast's courtyard which put him off n put him in a condition to pledge his youngest daughter to the beast for a year. the father had to obey lest he be mauled, eaten, or abused ??? by the beast we never kno, what we do know is the old man was shit-scared he said to hell with the youngest daughter..!!!
anyways, beauty comes to stay with the beast, gets terrified at first, then with her womanly charms, wins over the beast's affection, love, and then later, undying loyalty...
so much so, that when her father calls to her from his death-bed the beast pleads she be back in a day or two, lest he die of the ache of her missing in his life....
well..anyways..she barely makes it in time to her father n the beast to save both of them, kisses the beast in the end, gets to turn him into a prince..hmmm
u see the tale is a story of perception, of metaphor, of profound morals, only to be told to stupid kids who forget when they become adults, like me, prod deeper there s a world of meaningin this tale,
see every man is a beast, i..well i run the risk of stereotyping, so im sticking with me, hmmm
let s just say, i m a beast, (laugh n then listen) the beast portrays that aspect of mine of crude behaviour n tastes, of carelessness, of callousness, and instinct (not a bad thing at all - singularly considered)
i do not care, i seldom wonder or worry about other ppl s feelings, i have a very great hatred of the mass n population who look down upon me, judge me as a beast, since they do not know me to exert such liberties with my person, i have scorn, hatred, conceit, cynicism, sarcasm, and all such things flayed in the bible, in addition to the seven golden sins, i do..
i feel like a king, inside my own environs, and like a terrified lil pup outside it....
okay, now that being said,
by luck, chance, or heavenly intrusion or whatever it mite be i end up with a woman, who's not like me, quite the opposite of me in fact, sophisticated, elevated, cultivated..and then we r put together in a castle..a place where i rule..my base nature rules, my insecurities pervade, and the darkness that i have so closely guarded, that veils my vulnerability rules..!!!
things r bound to get out of hand,
hmm..she first begins with fear of him, then out of sheer helplessness tries to understand her captor, so as to have it easy in that place, finally understanding becomes a sort of protective motherliness when she realises his sheer vulnerability...and finally love..where she knows she can have no suitor better suited than him, she kisses him ardently, and he turns into a prince,
hmmmm
hmm..let's see...
there's a time they spend in that castle after the initial unfamiliarity when they both get together and do their things, the thing is, it s at this time that the beast becomes or rather comes into his complete self more, as a creature with base tendencies but a heart of gold, untainted, willing to go any lengths for that one pillar in his life, his soul-mate, his woman...
the beauty meanwhile is looking to bid the time away one way or the other so she can get out of the place..but as she realises that the castle is a much more heavenly place than her own home, she tends to see differently,
let's just say she has a difficult home-life, greedy sisters, vying for the father's attention, house chores, being the youngest, the whole idea of being the perfect daughter, sister so she does nt get picked on or loose the good books of her family,
hmm
she comes to stay, she s never recieved all this attention from well..a creature...he s as curious about her as she later turns out to be about him..she gets to act out all the ways she wanted to take care of her pop and get his attention, with this new gentle beast,
there are no sisters to compete with for affection, and since no woman wud even dare luk at the beast again..
and finally the beast is falling for head over heels, treating her like a princess, what with a castle, and him living like a king, no more a glorious maid's life
it's a princesses life...
so it's a safe bet for her too...
in between the father falls ill, she is the good daughter so she has to go to prove she cares even though the father was glad to be rid of her to save his skin, she goes, but before she leaves she promises the beast that she d be back in a day or two, she barely makes it in time to save the beast from dying from heart break of losing her and kissing him back into life and a handsome prince
the woman's smart she knows she can't get the kind of attention even if she licks her father's feet clean, her sisters who are prettier will take care of that..her pop (well) he s saved but he did once pawn her away to save his skin so she can't trust him to protect her anymore...
while the beast offers both ( protection, attention)
plus the good life of a princess..wait up..it's not all she who gains..
the beast is an ugly creature, nobody wants to bother with him, he has nt recieved the kind of care or attention from a woman since the dark ages, he knows that, he is 'nt dumb to let go of his oppurtunity, she beautiful, well he s a beast, beggars r nt choosers !!!
but more importantly for the both of them they have finally met, found, and have been blessed by someone who know them completely, honestly care for them, and with whom they have had good times with...and mind you all thru their life they had'nt found a soul like that..!!!
in truth, the beauty does a great job of putting up with beast's lifestyle and his traits and behaviour, and in return the beauty wins the beasts undying adoration, loyalty, and love
another way of looking at it is, the beast is way of the beauty coming to terms with her own insecurities, and her own base tendencies, which she refused to show anyone, the beast who displays his animalistic nature in all its grandeur has a profound impact on the beauty compelling her to let go of her strive towards achieving self-sacrificing martyrdom for ppl's affections, and
displaying her true nature, she cannot be herself with anyone else,
and he will not be loved for being who he is by anone else
at the end the beast turns into a prince when the beauty kisses him passionately, in other words this is the one solemn act by which she opens out her heart to him, and completely accepts him for who he is (the turning into a prince gig is he feeling much more handsomer in his own and her eyes, since her acceptance and love for him, makes him accept and love himself, something which he was never able to do before) while he proves himself to be worthy of it, by a blatant exhibition (rather exaggerated - if you ask me..!!) of love and dependency on her, to the point he lietrally proves he can t live without her
so it becomes that both of them come to let go of their insecurities in each other's presence, and since it truly is a luxury that can't be exerted with anyone else, they turn ardently to each other...
love is far from blind, rather it has it's reasons which are far beyond surface perceptions, we all r blind till the point we r hit by love, we love to love somebody only because it makes us feel myuch more stronger from within, all forms of love are answers to creeping insecurities, including that towards god)
on a lighter note: if u have a castle, ur powerful, it does nt matter if u luk like the horse's behind, u ll still get a chic, hot as well..)
and that women stressing on u looking like a god, hrithik roshan is bull, u can look like srk as well, and still get lucky, cos if u show a woman u care for more than anything else in the world, she ll love you back, ardently, only be willing to lose her cos if u don't have money, cos she will show u the middle finger if you can't take care of her, or if a richer guy puts across the same proposition over the table..!!)
love is no gamble...!!
love's a business, only the wisest can play, knowing the rules of the game will certainly help, especially if ur staking ur heart...
Friday, November 7, 2008
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A long read indeed!!!
A mix of truth n BAKWAAS :-)
U might call love a gamble, but certainly not a business:-)
i din call love a gamble..i called it a business for wat it was...our actions wen v love somebody we think are stupid, and irrational, they r nither, they r intuitive, and instinctive, our acions can be rationalised from tracing our deepest insecurities...it s true
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