Beauty and the Beast Vocabulary (Page 1)

Vocabulary terms and definitions based on the provided literary transcript of Beauty and the Beast.

Reproaches

Disapproval or disappointment; Beauty asks her family to spend her last month with them without these.

Sacrifice

The act of Beauty offering her life to the Beast in exchange for her father's life, which her father and brothers initially refused.

Jealousy

The emotion that led Beauty's sisters to accuse their father of being distressed only because the sacrifice involved Beauty rather than them.

Extraordinary and happy fortune

A possible positive outcome Beauty suggests might be hidden behind her seemingly terrible fate to hearten her family.

Vanity and self-conceit

The traits the sisters believed Beauty possessed, leading them to think she was deluded and to smile maliciously.

Maliciously

In a manner characterized by malice or ill-will; how the sisters smiled and applauded Beauty's decision to go.

Trinkets

Small possessions or jewelry that Beauty shared with others as the time for her departure drew near.

Hearten

To give courage or confidence to; the reason Beauty suggested her fate might actually be a piece of good fortune.