Wednesday 18 November 2009

Essay responses to The Bloody Chamber...

This is for both groups and will be discuss in you double lessons this week.

Depending on which coursework question you are tackling, you should complete one of these essays by you next double lesson.

Essay 1:

Show how Carter’s short story, The Bloody Chamber and two other Gothic texts by other writers

• Comment on ‘patriarchal oppression’
• Present society’s readiness to identify women as ‘victims’ of such oppression.

Essay 2:

“Elegant, dark, rich, exotic and dripping with gore – such is the language of Angela Carter”

With reference to The Bloody Chamber, Tiger’s Bride or The Courtship of Mr. Lyon, discuss the effect and contrast of Carter’s language in her short stories with that of two other Gothic writers.


If you're in David and David's group, for extension, you should complete the essay below as part of your coursework development for Browning's poem!!!

Mr. D

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