TCOW Flashcards
forest assassins
metaphor emphasises predatory nature
the wolf is carnivore incarnate
it is winter and cold weather
harsh and hostile environment ignites pathetic fallacy and sense of danger
step between the portals of the great pines
liminality and sublime setting in forest very gothic
trapping the unwary traveller
entrapment, imprisonment, personification
if you stray from the path for one instant, the wolves will eat you
abhuman, symbol and motif for obedience moral in charles story
the beasts would love to be less beastly if only they knew how and never cease to mourn their own conditions
invites us to sympathise
the wolf may be more than he seems
i wish i were a wolf again to teach this whore a lesson
the forest closed up on her like a pair of jaws
she is an unbroken egg; she is a sealed vessel
she has her knife and she is afraid of nothing
fear makes vulnerable - gives power transgressing rules of patriarchy
‘she knew she should never leave the path on the way through the wood or else she would be lost instantly’ - does not have ‘a compass’
‘is it a bet?’ ‘what would you like? she asked disingenuously’ ‘a kiss’ ‘she lowered her eyes and blushed’
‘off with his disguise’
duality
‘his genitals, huge. ah! huge’
‘ten wolves; twenty wolves’ ‘poor things’
‘she stood up on tiptoe and unbuttoned the collar of his shirt’
active - past identity of passivity is gone now her ‘shawl and blouse’ is in the fire
freely gave the kiss she owed him
all the better to eat you with
intertextuality ‘the girl burst out laughing; she knew she was nobody’s meat’ refusal to be sexual object power and subversion ridicule
all silent all still - reconciliation between predator and prey peace
sweet and sound she sleeps in granny’s bed, between the paws of the tender wolf - equal power dynamic
