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By Comparing Two Passages from The Bloody Chamber collection, each from a different story consider how Carter presents male characters.
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By Comparing Two Passages from The Bloody Chamber collection, each from a different story consider how Carter presents male characters. First Passage: From "The Bloody Chamber", starting on page 16 "Nevertheless, I opened..." till page 19, "... virtue of Default." Second Passage: From "the Erl King", starting on page 85 " A young Girl..." till page 87, "He will keep in Cages" Intro: Angela Carter is considered by many to be a feminist author and therefore it is not surprising that the male characters in her work are often portrayed in a negative light. In The Bloody Chamber collection Carter mixes fairytales and traditional folklore and updates them for a 21st centaury audience. One of the original uses of folklore was to teach young girls to beware of men, Carter instead readdresses this for more enlightened times and instead tells her readers to beware of becoming subjugated by male oppression,...
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