THE TIGER'S BRIDE QUOTES Flashcards
liminal - she crosses the boundary of being a human and transforms into a tiger
“I shrugged the drops off my beautiful fur”
although she was made to believe she was a ‘lamb’, she became ‘active’ (Mekinen)
“she learn[ed] to run with the tigers”
the beast refuses to conform to the beast sterotype ?
a “mask with a man’s face painted…on it”
a neglect of parenthood? implying the father has lost his daughter?
“if you are so careless of your treasures you should expect them to be taken from you”
beauty believes the beast is after one thing
desire
“desire to see [her] unclothed”
the beast’s response to beauty’s assumption
he shed ‘one single tear’
he allows beauty to see his true self
“the mask, the wig, were laid out”
he does at times live up to the image of a scary tiger
“are you not a woman of honour?” - question forces her to be more courageous by forcing her to go hunting and suggesting that a woman is not ‘of honour’ if she disobeys a man
Carter presnts the equality of becoming the same animal by comparing it to the sterotypes Beauty thought was going to happen
“everything will disintegrate…he will lick the skin off me!”
she realises the beast is more vulnerable than her as he transiitons into the ‘lamb’ role
“he was far more frightened of me”
beast’s desire for solitude not wealth
“i saw the beast sought solitude, not luxury with his money”
