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Mind Map by Adrian Gray, updated more than 1 year ago
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Mirrors
- The Bloody Chamber
- The Marquis
surrounds the
narrator with mirrors,
turning her into a
pornographic image
reflected 12 times.
- Carter emphasises the
objectification of women as
beautiful rather than strong.
- when she becomes
aroused by this, she
realises how she is
also viewing herself as
only the way the
Marquis sees her.
- "I caught sight of myself in the mirror.
And I saw myself, suddenly, as he saw me"
- "I caught sight of myself in the mirror.
And I saw myself, suddenly, as he saw me"
- she looks into the mirrors
and realises how she is being
objectified by the Marquis
- Carter emphasises the
objectification of women as
beautiful rather than strong.
- The Marquis
surrounds the
narrator with mirrors,
turning her into a
pornographic image
reflected 12 times.
- In the Gothic
- mirrors are a symbol used
often in the Gothic genre,
often to represent:
- sense of self
- vanity
- identity
- an ethereal, ghostly other-world
- sense of self
- mirrors are a symbol used
often in the Gothic genre,
often to represent:
- The Courtship of Mr Lyon
- by looking too often
in the mirror, Beauty
is transformed from
an innocent girl to a
spoilt young woman
- she becomes obsessed with
her own physical image
- "in front of the mirror, Beauty" the
adjective suggests that she is merely
beautiful, objectifying herself.
- "in front of the mirror, Beauty" the
adjective suggests that she is merely
beautiful, objectifying herself.
- "was learning, at the end of her
adolescence, how to be a spoiled child."
- "smiled at herself in the mirror
a little too often these days"
- Carter uses
this to
highlight and
criticise
society's view
of women as
vain and
shallow
- she becomes obsessed with
her own physical image
- by looking too often
in the mirror, Beauty
is transformed from
an innocent girl to a
spoilt young woman
- The Tiger's Bride
- she looks into the mirror and sees her father's face rather
than her own- symbolising that she is treated as the
property of her father- reinforced by his losing her at cards
- the 2nd time, she sees her father celebrating
the return of his wealth, and then realises
that she herself finds wealth unimportant
- then can she be truly free from her father
and society's expectations to transform
into a strong, independent tigress
- "send her back to perform the part of
my father's daughter", she distances
herself from society's expectations
- Carter uses the image of the
'soubrette' contrasting with the
narrator to show how the view
of women weakens characters.
- "glossy, nut-brown, rosy
cheeks, blue, rolling eyes"
- "glossy, nut-brown, rosy
cheeks, blue, rolling eyes"
- the heroine needs to accept the animal
nature in herself in order to break free
of the social constraints upon her.
- "send her back to perform the part of
my father's daughter", she distances
herself from society's expectations
- then can she be truly free from her father
and society's expectations to transform
into a strong, independent tigress
- the mirror represents:
- the contrast between the
heroine and the soubrette
- the heroine's sense of self
- transformation from a girl to a woman
- the contrast between the
heroine and the soubrette
- she looks into the mirror and sees her father's face rather
than her own- symbolising that she is treated as the
property of her father- reinforced by his losing her at cards
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