De Beaumont’s “Beauty and the Beast” and Angela Carter’s “The Tiger’s Bride” differ in many ways as to how each author chose to depict different social groups. First and foremost, the stories have an extreme variation in the way gender roles are portrayed. In De Beaumont’s version, the women are presented as much more civilized individuals. Beauty is the prime example as it states, “…she was such a charming, sweet-tempered creature, spoke so kindly to poor people, and was of such an affable, obliging behavior,” (De Beaumont, 1). She is making a point that kindness, gentleness, and shyness are associated with being feminine. To most, this is how women should be perceived. As girls, we are thought of as the more passive and nurturing gender, where as it is acceptable for males succumb to their beastly urges and animalistic instincts. Carter challenges that notion by allowing her Beauty to be enraged at the trade-off. She is not showing fear; she is strong, brave, and angry. “I saw within it not my own face but that of my father… What, you self-deluding fool, are you crying still? And drunk, too,” (Carter, 60). This Beauty is more selfish the De Beaumont’s. She feels betrayed for being handed off as a prize. The dominant story of being a female has always been to respect the male-have you own ambitions-but nothing that will emasculate the male. De Beaumont’s version goes along with that dominant story. Beauty, firstly, has dependency on her father, whom of which she willingly takes his place in the presence of the beast. “I will deliver myself up to all his fury, and I am very happy in thinking that my death will save my father's life, and be a proof of my tender love for him,” (De Beaumont, 3). Girls were expected to marry off for their family’s happiness rather than their own. Beauty’s circumstance was definitely more dramatic than reality, but it still shows