What is the plot in Disney's Beauty and the Beast?

Answer 1

A cold beggar woman offers a prince a single rose so that he'll let her stay the night in his castle. The prince rejects her offer. It turns out the beggar woman was actually an enchantress who was testing the prince to see if he would do the right thing. Since the prince was cruel to her, the enchantress curses him to live as a Beast. The only way to break the spell is to fall in love with a woman and have her love him as well.

In a nearby town a woman named Belle lives with her father, Maurice. Maurice is an inventor who is taking his latest creation to a fair but gets lost in the woods. He stumbles upon the Beast's enchanted castle. The Beast accuses him of trespassing and throws Maurice into a dungeon.

Worried about her father, Belle goes to look for him and finds the castle too. Discovering her father is sick in a prison cell she makes a deal with the Beast. If she stays at the castle with him forever her father will be free. The Beast accepts and let's Belle's father go.

The Beast's servants (who have been turned into talking objects like clocks and teacups) try to make Belle feel welcome and give her a tour of the castle. Belle sneaks away and goes into the West Wing (a place the Beast told her not to enter). The Beast finds Belle there and yells at her. Afraid, Belle runs away into the woods.

While fleeing the castle Belle is attacked by wolves and might have died if the Beast didn't save her. After this, Belle and the Beast fall in love. He finally lets her go because he loves her.

Some townspeople learn about the Beast and try to kill him. One of them, Gaston (an arrogant man who is infatuated with Belle), stabs the Beast before falling to his death. The Beast dies and Belle tells him she loves him. The Beast turns back into a prince and comes back to life. The spell is broken and everyone lives happily ever after.