The Company of Wolves

Question 1

the wolf is ______ i______
language device? Significance?

Answer 1

carnivore incarnate
metaphor: depicts wolf as embodiment of pure, violent desire - symbolism of male aggression/ sexual power/predation

Question 2

what are the wolves described as at the very start?

Answer 2

forest assassins

Question 3

you are always in ______ in the ______, where no people are.

Answer 3

danger
forest

Question 4

_____ between the portals of the ____ _____ where the shaggy branches _____ about you, trapping the ______ traveller

Answer 4

Step
great pines
tangle
unwary

Question 5

well-_____, she lays a ____ ____ in the basket

Answer 5

warned
carving knife

Question 6

analysis of protagonist keeping hold of a knife

Answer 6

subverts archetypal vulnerable female - has agency, decides her own fate

Question 7

analysis: You are always in danger in the forest, where no people are

Answer 7

forest - key OG/1st wave Gothic archetypal feature
obscured & away from humanity = isolation enhancing danger

Question 8

analysis: Step between the portals of the great pines

Answer 8

portals - metaphor for liminality - transition into unknown of supernatural danger

Question 9

she is afraid of _____

Answer 9

nothing

Question 10

her father might ___ her, if he were ___, but he is away

Answer 10

forbid
home
hints at transgressive side of female

Question 11

the forest ____ _____ her like a pair of ___

Answer 11

closed upon
jaws

Question 12

His genitals, ____ Ah! ____

Answer 12

huge
huge.

Question 13

All the better to eat you with. The girl ___ ___ laughing, she knew she was ______ _____

Answer 13

burst out
nobody’s meat

Question 14

she ripped off his shirt ___ ___ and flung it __ __ ___

Answer 14

for him
into the fire

Question 15

the flames ____ like dead ____

Answer 15

danced
souls

Question 16

what is the original fairytale story for COW? Name, Date, Writer

Answer 16

Little Red Riding Hood
1679
Charles Perrault

Question 17

What is the moral ending sentence in Little Red Riding Hood? and how does Carter subvert this?

Answer 17

“attractive, well-bred young ladies should never talk to strangers.. They may well provide dinner for a wolf.” - historically served to reinforce social norms for young girls, cautioning them from predatory males - Carter subverts by transforming it into a Gothic narrative, female protagonist being an empowered & agent character rather than a passive victim.

Question 18

the female is described to have started what?

Answer 18

“just started her woman’s bleeding.. with her breasts beginning to swell”

Question 19

the protagonist is “____ of nothing”, how does Carter subvert here?

Answer 19

afraid

• allows Carter to transform the traditional character of a helpless female victim into one who has an active role, holding power and control.

Question 20

What is the name, date and writer for when the protagonist gets eaten but is saved by a male huntsman? What does Carter alternate here?

Answer 20

Little Red Cap (1812) - Brother’s Grimm
- Carter has her female character save herself through sacrificing her virginity when she strips “clothed only in her untouched internment of flesh”