<P> Belle debuted in Beauty and the Beast ( 1991 ) as a beautiful bibliophile who , although praised by her fellow villagers for her unrivaled beauty , is at the same time ridiculed for her intelligence and non-conformity . Having grown weary of her uneventful provincial life , in which she is relentlessly romantically pursued by an arrogant hunter named Gaston , Belle longs for adventure . After her father 's horse returns without its rider , she willingly ventures into the woods in search of her father . She persuades the Beast that she will trade her own freedom in return for her father 's , since her father is ill in the dungeon , promising to remain with the Beast in his castle among his staff of enchanted objects forever . Belle 's curiosity leads her to the forbidden west wing where she discovers an enchanted rose without realizing that it is tied to the Beast 's fate ; and the Beast 's rage at her trespassing causes her to flee the castle on horseback . Belle is pursued by wolves in the woods but they are driven off by the Beast , afterwards Belle helps the injured Beast back to the castle and nurses him back to health . Although she initially dislikes her captor , Belle gradually learns to accept the Beast in spite of his appearance and eventually befriends him . Belle and the Beast 's strong bond greatly envies Gaston to the point of which he storms the castle and mortally wounds the Beast , though Gaston falls to his own death in the process . However , Belle confesses her love for the Beast just in time to break the spell under which he had been placed by an enchantress as punishment for his selfish ways , and the Beast ultimately transforms back into a handsome prince . </P>
<P> Belle debuted in Beauty and the Beast ( 1991 ) as a beautiful bibliophile who , although praised by her fellow villagers for her unrivaled beauty , is at the same time ridiculed for her intelligence and non-conformity . Having grown weary of her uneventful provincial life , in which she is relentlessly romantically pursued by an arrogant hunter named Gaston , Belle longs for adventure . After her father 's horse returns without its rider , she willingly ventures into the woods in search of her father . She persuades the Beast that she will trade her own freedom in return for her father 's , since her father is ill in the dungeon , promising to remain with the Beast in his castle among his staff of enchanted objects forever . Belle 's curiosity leads her to the forbidden west wing where she discovers an enchanted rose without realizing that it is tied to the Beast 's fate ; and the Beast 's rage at her trespassing causes her to flee the castle on horseback . Belle is pursued by wolves in the woods but they are driven off by the Beast , afterwards Belle helps the injured Beast back to the castle and nurses him back to health . Although she initially dislikes her captor , Belle gradually learns to accept the Beast in spite of his appearance and eventually befriends him . Belle and the Beast 's strong bond greatly envies Gaston to the point of which he storms the castle and mortally wounds the Beast , though Gaston falls to his own death in the process . However , Belle confesses her love for the Beast just in time to break the spell under which he had been placed by an enchantress as punishment for his selfish ways , and the Beast ultimately transforms back into a handsome prince . </P>
who wanted to marry belle in beauty and the beast
who wanted to marry belle in beauty and the beast
Gaston
Gaston