“Compare and contrast the presentation of female protagonists in Gothic Literature‚ in order to determine the validity of Gothic as a serious genre rather than the merely macabre” The three texts; Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter and Selected poems by John Keats project images of female characters in very different ways. Much of the portrayal of females is in correlation to the attitudes and position of women within society at the time of writing. The preconception
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To what extent do you agree with the assertion that ‘One of the basic features of gothic fiction is the critical portrayal of religion’1 in Christabel and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter‚ and Dracula by Bram Stoker? The Christian attachment to Gothic emerged from its connection to Gothic and Gothic Revivalist architecture‚ though from the nineteenth century the Romantics gave an appraisal of Christianity that differed from its previous
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against nature. In Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth says she would be prepared to sacrifice her children for Macbeth to be king. In many Gothic stories the mother is a destructive character. In The Monk Antonio’s mother is slaughtered; however‚ in The Bloody Chamber‚ Angela Carter changes the mother’s role - she appears as the knight in shining armour to rescue her daughter. • Female characters play a very significant role but often ambivalent role in
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Most of famous traditional Chinese novels have the universal and unique artistic style‚ writing technique and artistic language‚ ¡°Honglou meng¡± is one of the best novels that contain profound cultural connotation and ideological content. As well known‚ the original author Cao xue qing only wrote the first eighty chapters of this novel‚ but died before the completion of the last 40. The last 40 chapters of the novel are of questionable authenticity. It is been said that the other forty chapters
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Angela Carter’s Literary Culture Shift in The Tiger’s Bride Angela Carter was a vocal feminist and advocated women’s empowerment. This is often apparent by the strong female characters in her work which is quite famous for her representations of femininity. Carter’s portrayal of women opens up a lot of discussion on the feminist sociological perspective. When Anna Katasavos interviewed Carter‚ she described how Carter believed that women were represented in a negative light with very minor roles
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4. The novel from 1881 to 1914 Over the eighteen eighties there was a split in fiction. The first indication towards it was Henry James’ essay "The Art of Fiction" (1884)‚ which referred to the novelist’s calling as a "Sacred office". Besides‚ there appeared a stratification of fiction due to primary education for all. Parallel to this‚ novelists saw themselves apart from the public‚ as dedicated men. This new modern conception involved dignity and a sense of glory. Another change was from the three-volume
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“The Company of Wolves”‚ Thomas H. Raddall and Angela Carter demonstrate the importance of being independent to achieve happiness through the elements symbolism‚ location and character. The use of symbolism is evident in both stories. In “The Company of Wolves”‚ people who rely on others dies. For example‚ the wolves attack a man who relies on a higher power and “sing[s] to Jesus all day” and a domestic housewife that relies on her husband (Carter 1). When Kezia rides the horse‚ she starts off in
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To what extent do you agree that‚ in gothic writing‚ fear and pain are sources of pleasure? Fear and pain are sources of pleasure that Shelley in ‘Frankenstein’ employs‚ especially within the character of Victor. The painful description of the monstrous birth is one example of this- having the element of disturbance to shock the reader‚ yet to Victor (the creator) his response is pleasure and he seems to enjoy the terrifying sounds made of the birth; ‘’I might infuse a spark… into the lifeless thing’’
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nothing else will do” quotes Angela Carter‚ in her reimagining of the classic fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood” in her short story “The Company of Wolves.” The original tale by Charles Perrault served as a thinly veiled cautionary tale for young women to suppress their sexuality which comes in the form of the wolf‚ and submit to the servile situations‚ or else they come to a bad end. In Carter’s version though‚ she turns the tale on its head and does the opposite; Angela Carter’s story states that
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Women in literature The emergence of the genre of feminist rewrites of fairy tales that began in the 1970s with particular attention to the impact of the women’s movement on the development of the genre. The rallying shot that galvanized the debate was the assertion by Lurie in her 1970 “Fairy Tale Liberation” and 1971 “Witches and Fairies” that strong female characters could be found in fairy tales (Haase 1). Why those feminist scholars emerge to rewrite the fairy tales‚ and how meaningful is it
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