Beauty and the Beast - From the Beast's Library

From the Beast's Library

Many of literature's most enduring stories explore universal themes. One of the most popular themes is that of the Beauty and the Beast: an "ugly"exterior that hides a pure nature, as well as a "beautiful" exterior that camouflages an "ugly" soul. The literature below explores the variations on this theme:

"It's what's inside that counts."
Character	Literature	Author
The Beast	"Beauty and the Beast"	A folk tale
The monster	Frankenstein	Mary Shelley
Charlotte	Charlotte's Web	E. B. White
The duckling	"The Ugly Duckling"	Hans Christian Andersen
Hannah	The Witch of Blackbird Pond	Elizabeth George Speare
Phantom	Phantom of the Opera	Gaston Leroi
Louise Jacob	I Have Loved	Katherine Paterson
"You can't judge a book by its cover."
Character	Literature	Author
Gaston	"Beauty and the Beast"	A folk tale
Estella	Great Expectations	Charles Dickens
Kidnapped child	"The Ransom of Red Chief"	O. Henry
Aging protagonist	The Picture of Dorian Gray	Oscar Wilde
Captain Jaggery	True Confessions of Charlotte	Doyle Avi

After choosing a character from this book, draw or paint a picture of his or her "ugly" side and
"beautiful" side. This can be in either a realistic or abstract style.

Now imagine that they are the character in this story. As this character, have them write a series of journal or diary entries that capture the way they feel when the world perceives them as "ugly" just because they are physically different. In stories with a reverse scenario, write about how it feels to use physical beauty to manipulate people so that they react positively when they know their motives are anything but "good."Do you think they or other people are able to see people for who they really are? Is there anything a person can do about this?
What are the differences between looking "beautiful" or "ugly" and acting "beautiful" or "ugly."