In the the "Courtship of Mr Lyon," Beauty is fascinated by Beast and at the same time she is scared by his claws which kill meat. Beauty finds the Beast intriguing and repulsive because he is so different from "normal" men; he is an other. Angela Carter bases her story on the Grimm brothers' story The Singing, Springing Lark. Beauty finds the Beast attractive and obscene because he has animal qualities which relate to humans' animal instinct. Sometimes animal instincts are expressed in dreams or imagination, which is the basis of Fantasy stories. Fantasy stories make the unreal seem real by incorporating them into a believable story. Beauty's fascination is just like our fascination with Fairytales: we can come terms with our own animal desires in an imangitive way.
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