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Title: Carter’s collection entirely reinterprets gothic conventions. Discuss with reference to at least two stories. Write a response to this which refers to ‘The Courtship of Mr Lyon’, ‘The Bloody Chamber’ and ‘The Tiger’s Bride’.
Description: Essay - Carter’s collection entirely reinterprets gothic conventions. Discuss with reference to at least two stories. Write a response to this which refers to ‘The Courtship of Mr Lyon’, ‘The Bloody Chamber’ and ‘The Tiger’s Bride’. Graded B by my teacher. A2 Level
Description: Essay - Carter’s collection entirely reinterprets gothic conventions. Discuss with reference to at least two stories. Write a response to this which refers to ‘The Courtship of Mr Lyon’, ‘The Bloody Chamber’ and ‘The Tiger’s Bride’. Graded B by my teacher. A2 Level
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Zoe Noonan
Task
Carter’s collection entirely reinterprets gothic
conventions
...
Write a response to this which refers to ‘The Courtship of
Mr Lyon’, ‘The Bloody Chamber’ and ‘The Tiger’s Bride’
...
In “
The Courtship of Mr Lyon” the role reversal between
genders
...
It’s clear that this role reversal adds to the other
gothic elements she has implemented as it distorts the natural hierarchy of a traditional fairytale
by playing upon connotation of the protagonist; rather than a passive, undistinguished female
she is arguably more important than the male character
...
Thus Carter may be applauded for
this utilisation of protagonists that go against gothic conventions as it contests this universal
view by providing a more personal one
...
‘The Tiger’s Bride’ is a ‘useful story’ as it charts the maturity of a young girl
...
‘The Tiger’s Bride’ takes place in a gothic setting
that suitably matches the melancholy, bestial atmosphere
...
The landscape is
‘melancholy, introspective
...
cruel’
...
With no mention of these negative, identical sisters in ‘The Tiger’s
Bride’, Beauty is isolated and her story becomes a stronger focus for the reader
...
It is important to see the fairy tale story as part of a grand tradition,
but in Carter’s hands the message is feminised and redirected to a more modern and politicised
audience
...
The Beast's home is also a classic Gothic, "ruined" setting; with "infinite
complexity" and "broken windows", the palace seems "uninhabited", the place almost seems
dream like, again allowing a suspension of our disbelief of the story, in comparison the modern,
city setting of London in the previous story, which makes our suspension of disbelief less likely
...
The male character is first introduced as a mysterious
figure
...
He is associated with
symbols of wealth – “gold” and a “gigantic box”, in which the narrator's “wedding dress is
...
The narrator builds his identity through recalling his “opulent male scent”, and
Carter places her characters in a mating game: the “exquisite tact” of his courtship of the girl is
linked to the attentiveness of a lion stalking his prey
...
His title is revealed when he is introduced as
'my Marquis' (p
...
His identity is not fully revealed; this is
emphasised by the description of his face as a “perfectly smooth” mask
...
The narrator makes a strange comparison between
the man, as “a sentient vegetable”, and a flower commonly associated with “funereal” matters:
the lily
...
There is “gravity” in his desire for his new wife, which she cannot resist, and
this seems to be linked somehow to lilies, with their beauty and almost overpowering heavy
perfume
...
Carter here foreshadows the events of the
story in a seemingly innocent remark that also alludes to the original story of Bluebeard
...
The narrator's
innocence and naivety attract the Marquis's “carnal avarice”, while the Marquis represents to the
narrator the mysterious and appealing danger of the unknown
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Title: Carter’s collection entirely reinterprets gothic conventions. Discuss with reference to at least two stories. Write a response to this which refers to ‘The Courtship of Mr Lyon’, ‘The Bloody Chamber’ and ‘The Tiger’s Bride’.
Description: Essay - Carter’s collection entirely reinterprets gothic conventions. Discuss with reference to at least two stories. Write a response to this which refers to ‘The Courtship of Mr Lyon’, ‘The Bloody Chamber’ and ‘The Tiger’s Bride’. Graded B by my teacher. A2 Level
Description: Essay - Carter’s collection entirely reinterprets gothic conventions. Discuss with reference to at least two stories. Write a response to this which refers to ‘The Courtship of Mr Lyon’, ‘The Bloody Chamber’ and ‘The Tiger’s Bride’. Graded B by my teacher. A2 Level