BC critic quiz Flashcards
Women displayed as sexual objects is the leitmotif of erotic spectacle
Mulvey
The Marquis, as he is called (suggesting, of course, the Marquis de Sade), is a parodic evil aesthete
Simpson - marquis
Lovers are lethal, traditional romantic patterns kill, and sex leads to death
Simpson - sex and death
Just like Eve and Pandora, the heroine’s actions lead to her own corruption: in succumbing to her curiosity, she damns herself
Link
Each one is tempted when, by his own desire, he is dragged away and enticed
James 1:14-15
A gothic reimagining of the fruits of Eve’s sin. / His forbidden chamber likened to a circle of hell in Dante’s Inferno
Stilling - Eve
Death and phallic sexuality are one
Lokke - lily
The lion lays down with the lamb
Isaiah 16
An amount of tigerishness is necessary for women, if they are to escape being victimized by men
Atwood - tiger
Exploration of the narrative possibilities of De Sade’s lamb-and-tiger dichotomy
Atwood - du Sade
The beast is male sexuality / this hairy thing
Carter - Beast
The mask of masculinity was infinitely more beastly than the Beast himself
Halpin
The female becomes a reflexive image
Linkin
The Count is in the position of the author. The girl is a helpless character, unable to control her destiny
Bacchilega
Once she has fulfilled her purpose of becoming a sexual object, she can die.
Bacchilega
Carter’s belief that liberating change is possible informs her portrayal of the Countess
Tucker
Women troubled by and even empowered by their own violence
Makinen
Carter was obviously acquainted with the theories that deconstruct the concept of the essential self or soul and posit instead a subject in process
Bugrass
