The theme of sacrifice is illustrated when the merchant, despite his love for his daughter, reluctantly agrees to send one of his children to the beast in exchange for his own freedom, highlighting the difficult choices parents must sometimes make for their family's well-being.
One day a merchant who is a widower and also a father of
six children, goes on a journey to gather his belongings from
his ship that he thought had sunk. When he comes from the
journey, he is exhausted, hungry, and dirty; basically in need
of hospitality. He comes across a castle and decides to
enter. The door is opened for him by a hidden figure, and he
eats and sleeps. The next morning, he wanders around and
finds a garden. Before the merchant left, he had asked his
children what they had desired. His sons said weapons and
his daughters desired silk and clothes. However, one of his
daughters, who was the youngest of all children, wanted
simply a rose. And in that garden, there were many. He picks
a rose, and suddenly, a huge beast looms over him. The
beast is enraged that after all of his hospitality, the merchant
decides to thank him by taking his most prized possession:
the roses. The merchant begs to be released. He tells him
that the rose was only meant as a gift to his youngest
daughter. The beast, however, requires something from the
man in exchange for his freedom. If the merchant leaves,
then one of his daughters must come and stay with him in
the castle. Regretting and reluctantly, he slowly agrees and
shamefully treads homeWhat text evidence
supports the theme? In a short sentence
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