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Bloody Chamber: "It is ironic that the beasts are often more humane than the humans"
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A Levels English Mind Map on Bloody Chamber: "It is ironic that the beasts are often more humane than the humans", created by chezza456 on 16/05/2014.
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Bloody Chamber: "It is ironic that the beasts are often more humane than the humans"
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Carter had a non-conventional childhood, which lead to a non-conventional view of the world
Carter's feminism
she explores the social gender roles imposed upon women and men
critiquing what 'beast' means in the Gothic
Implies animalistic behaviour and lacking in a civilised manner
Aesthetically implies something ugly or gruesome
'Beast' is a metaphor for breaking out of an alloted role, particularly in order to find a place of equality between the sexes
Gothic often blurs the boundaries between beast and human
Interchangeable human qualities
Fear of otherness
THE TIGER'S BRIDE
"My father lost me to the beast at cards"
The girl is viewed as a possession
Women are objectified
Image of the flower withering
The beast gives her back her identity which is symbolised by the rose
Beauty chooses to be a tiger rather than human.
Beauty is overtly critical of her father
"mask if too perfect to be human"
WOLF-ALICE
Humans reject her (the nuns)
Blurred boundaries
Alice is human in looks and body, but her manners and mindset is that of a beast
She doesn't realise her humanness until she gets a sense of herself (menstraution, reflection)
She retains empathy to the Duke
We reject what we see/find as 'other'
THE BLOODY CHAMBER
Human is beastly
Marquis is dark, distorted and sadistic
Olfactory language (description of smells) associated with leather
"odour of leather"
Marquis has a carnal appetite
The girl becomes his "prey"
Animalistic imagery used to convey his barbarism
THE COURTSHIP OF MR LYON
Criticises the father figure
His daughter is payment to the beast for the rose
The lion is a gentle creature
He turns out to be gentle as opposed to the first description of her entering the castle
"the final emphahic, reverberating' clang of the gates
She recognises his otherness, then becomes closer and sees more of his humanity
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