The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories Flashcards
Key themes of the Tigers Bride
Vulnerability , Animalism , Loss of Innocence
Why was the Tiger’s Bride written after the courtship of Mr Lyon
Carter was not satisfied with her interpretation so chose to re-write it to make the female character more dominant and vocal as a character
Finish The Quote : “My father lost me to…”
“The beast at cards.”
Finish The Quote : “The tiger will never lie down with the lamb…”
“The lamb must learn to run with the tigers.”
What fairytale story is The Tiger’s Bride based on?
Beauty and the Beast
What story was the bloody chamber based on and who was this story written by?
Bluebeard by Charles Perrault
Why is it significant that The Bloody Chamber is written in 1st person
It places the narrator as less reliable as its a self-told account of events
In the Bloody Chamber how is the mother not a stereotypical gothic female
She doesn’t need to be saved and instead saves the story’s victim
Finish The Quote “My eagle-featured…”
“Indomitable mother”
Finish The Quote “When he put the gold band on my finger…”
“I had, in some way, ceased to be her child in becoming his wife”
What were the key themes of The Bloody Chamber short story
Male Dominance , Power & Wealth , Animalism and Death & Violence
“Women in literature are either the active monster or the passive angel”
Gilbert and Gauber
“At the end , it is women who become active and saviours , not the men”
Merja Makinen
Why does Carter mention themes of sexual violence?
Carter mentions notion of rape , domestic violence and brutality to play with the gothic genre and the sphere woman are generically placed in
