Powerful Perspective in Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber There are times when certain aspects of form can contribute a heavy significance to the overarching message of the story itself. The choice of narrator, for instance, can greatly impact the story being told and can be utilized as a vehicle in which to convey a deeper, influential argument. In her short story The Bloody Chamber Angela Carter employs first person narrative through the eyes of a female protagonist in order to depict the sinister
It is often said that writers deviate from particular conventions of a genre in order to achieve particular effects. Angela Carter proves this point in her short story, “The Werewolf,” which appears in her collection The Bloody Chamber; by deviating from the conventions of traditional fairy tales, Carter presents her vision of feminist empowerment and the vagueness of moral clarity. The archetype of a hero in classic fairy tales, a “knight in shining armor” per say, is typically a male figure associated
Gothic writing explores the fear of forces beyond human understanding through emphasizing upon the emotions, sensations and perceptions arising from supernatural experiences. Throughout my core text, partner text and selected poems I have realised that such statement is very true and I cannot but agree that gothic writing does indeed illuminate such forces. After-life, life, science and knowledge are the main forces beyond our understanding presented in the texts. Unlike other texts during 1818's