I had a strange reaction to this film ... it struck me like the two characters were aspects of my own inner tussle
the beast being my dysphoria: all things testosterone amplified to extremes ... especially body hair and temperament LOL ... and being extremely unhappy with all that and living in antisocial isolation because of it
the belle being my suppressed self: socially ostracized, too smart for her small minded townsfolk, fearlessly reaching out for a fuller life
the ultimate resolution of the beast accepting belle's wisdom and trueness so then the monster of dysphoria diminishing dramatically was a very happy ending