Characterisation Flashcards

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The persecuted maiden

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The trembling victim: frail, blonde, silent, passive, helpless and innocent.
Fear and terror exaggerated.
Fleeing a rapacious and predatory male.
Feels sympathy to the monster that pursues her.

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The mother figure

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The mother.
Monk Antonio’s mother is slaughtered.

In The Bloody Chamber, Angela Carter changes the mother’s role, as she appears as the knight in shining armour to rescue her daughter.

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The femme fatale

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Female predator: dark haired, red lipped, wearing a tight black dress
Dangerous and rapacious creature, offering a real sexual threat.

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Dominating father

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Self explanatory

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Byronic hero / villan

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Promethean Hero / villan

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Satanic hero / villan

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The Outsider / Other

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Mean Aristocrat

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Corrupt Church

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The Ingenue

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Doppelganger

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Abhuman

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