Analysis of Angela Carter

1. Questions and Answers on the Text
 - Who is Paulina Palmer?
A feminist critic on contemporary women's writing.




2. 5 Sentences


1. Gender roles are challenged through psychic transformations to challenge ideological limitations proposed in society.
2. The simulacra of what we are stems from what society has created of us
3. Woman are warned about the consumption of marriage as something to fear as society believes a sexual liberation is damaging to femininity.
4. The masks hide both what we don't want others to see (the tiger) but what society doesn't want us to see.
5. By exposing men and women as beasts Carter prosposes androgyny


5 Words
- Transformations
- Simulacra
- Femininity
- Masks
- Beasts


Masks imposed by society hide the true nature of humans as beasts.


3. 100 words


Original fairy tale characters and themes allow Carter to explore the interval, dark desires and fears of humans. Female narrators transcend the accepted social view by transforming and highlighting the dominance of patriarchy and social conformity. The polarities created her (man/woman) and those used in fairy tales (good/bad) are questioned by the ambiguity of the characters who wear masks. The unsubtly of the masks exemplify what is hidden, exposing the simulacra of mankind. Carter plays on social fears, the female annihilation by men and narcissistic obsessions which the narrators overcome. It is the deconstruction of these ideas that exposes faults in society.