New literary works are often reflections of fairy tales. In the story of "The Phantom of the Opera" the main character, the Phantom, has a facial deformity and lives his life in hiding. This is until he meets a young girl, Christine, who he falls in love with, but spends his time trying to get her to not see his deformity. This story is parallel to the story of "Beauty and the Beast". The beast in this story doesn't have a normal appearance and is hiding until he sees a young girl. He falls in love with Belle, the young girl, but he doesn't want her to see his "ugly" face. These stories are nearly the same, but with different targeted audiences and different characters. Both even have a young "prince charming" that tries to save the day and win the love of the girl.
By these two stories being so similar, it creates a deeper appreciation for the stories. Like Thomas C. Foster says, "We want a new novel to be not quite like anything we've read before. At the same time, we look for it to be sufficiently like other things we've read so that we can make sense of it." When we read new literature, we life familiarity, but we don't want to always be reading the same books over and over again.
By these two stories being so similar, it creates a deeper appreciation for the stories. Like Thomas C. Foster says, "We want a new novel to be not quite like anything we've read before. At the same time, we look for it to be sufficiently like other things we've read so that we can make sense of it." When we read new literature, we life familiarity, but we don't want to always be reading the same books over and over again.