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Explore the ways in which Carter develops images of female sexuality and power in her stories.
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THE BLOODY CHAMBER Explore the ways in which Carter develops images of female sexuality and power in her stories. In her collection of stories, The Bloody Chamber, Carter develops images of female sexuality and power by subverting the original message and content of traditional fairy tales, while simultaneously reverting back to these key features. In this way, Carter is able to challenge the assignment of gender roles and the patriarchal system in which they are maintained. Carter achieves this in four particular stories, 'The Bloody chamber', 'The Snow Child', 'The Tiger's Bride' and 'The Company of Wolves'. In these four stories, Carter explores the idea of power being asserted through one's sexuality and the struggle of the female character in finding and asserting that power. All of these stories contain a dominant male figure, who is able to dominate through his sexuality. He is able to do this because the woman of his sexual...
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