 Having stowed away into Belle 's baggage , Chip helps Maurice and Belle escape from confinement . Gaston fights the Beast while the servants fend off the villagers . The Beast initially is too depressed to fight back , though perks up after seeing Belle return to the castle . He battles and defeats Gaston in battle on the rooftops , though spares his life by ordering him to leave before he reunites with Belle . Refusing to lose , Gaston mortally wounds the Beast , but falls to his death after losing his footing . Belle professes her love for the Beast , who dies before the last rose petal falls . With the spell broken , the Beast is revived and transformed into his human form , and each of his servants also resumes their human form with the castle restored to its former glory . Belle is last seen dancing with him in the ballroom as everyone else watches in delight . 
