The Company of Wolves Flashcards
the wolf is ______ i______
language device? Significance?
carnivore incarnate
metaphor: depicts wolf as embodiment of pure, violent desire - symbolism of male aggression/ sexual power/predation
what are the wolves described as at the very start?
forest assassins
you are always in ______ in the ______, where no people are.
danger
forest
_____ between the portals of the ____ _____ where the shaggy branches _____ about you, trapping the ______ traveller
Step
great pines
tangle
unwary
well-_____, she lays a ____ ____ in the basket
warned
carving knife
analysis of protagonist keeping hold of a knife
subverts archetypal vulnerable female - has agency, decides her own fate
analysis: You are always in danger in the forest, where no people are
forest - key OG/1st wave Gothic archetypal feature
obscured & away from humanity = isolation enhancing danger
analysis: Step between the portals of the great pines
portals - metaphor for liminality - transition into unknown of supernatural danger
she is afraid of _____
nothing
her father might ___ her, if he were ___, but he is away
forbid
home
hints at transgressive side of female
the forest ____ _____ her like a pair of ___
closed upon
jaws
His genitals, ____ Ah! ____
huge
huge.
All the better to eat you with. The girl ___ ___ laughing, she knew she was ______ _____
burst out
nobody’s meat
she ripped off his shirt ___ ___ and flung it __ __ ___
for him
into the fire
the flames ____ like dead ____
danced
souls
what is the original fairytale story for COW? Name, Date, Writer
Little Red Riding Hood
1679
Charles Perrault
What is the moral ending sentence in Little Red Riding Hood? and how does Carter subvert this?
“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.
the female is described to have started what?
“just started her woman’s bleeding.. with her breasts beginning to swell”
the protagonist is “____ of nothing”, how does Carter subvert here?
afraid
- allows Carter to transform the traditional character of a helpless female victim into one who has an active role, holding power and control.
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?
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”
