The beast as human

In de Beaumont's version, we can only depend on words to show the beast's "humanness."  His actions are pretty sterile and show little or no emotion (ritual dinners, gifts).  It is when Beauty leaves him that we understand (not see) his attachment to her.  Like a dog, he just stops feeding himself and lies down to die because she is no longer there.  Still, there is no emotional response, no declaration of love or hurt; just death (which, at this time, might as well say the same thing).  The scene that most struck me in Cocteau's La Belle et la Bete is one where the audience actually sees the Beast's overwhelming grief.  In her bedroom, he solemnly walks to her bed, pulls her covers to his face, feels it, smells it, and weeps.  He tries to fill the void she left with the smell and touch of her blanket; what animal does that?