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Question 1

Helen Simpson quote

Answer 1

“The heroines of these stories are struggling out of the strait-jackets of history and ideology and biological essentialism.”

Question 2

Jeff Vandermeer

Answer 2

“Carter’s characters are forever escaping socially, mentally and physically, the traps laid by men.”

Question 3

Cheryl Renfroe

Answer 3

“a young woman’s initiatory quest for knowledge” which provides readers with “a woman-centred perspective”.

Question 4

Kari Sawden

Answer 4

The story reveals “the confines and dangers of patriarchal society, most notably the fickle nature of power allotted to women”
“Women are to be possessed and used; consent is not of concern to those who wield power”

Question 5

Gerardo Salas

Answer 5

“Carter endeavours to show that femininity is a dark construction that imprisons women and turns them into living dead creatures.”

Question 6

Laura Mulvey

Answer 6

“In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed.”