Metamorphosis

Question 1

Dracula

Answer 1

 Women regress in a negative light to something that should be disgusted
 Lucy transforms into a wild beast that is punished
 Women regressing to an animalistic, highly sexual nature is viewed negatively due to the conservative context
 Dracula’s transformation makes him unstoppable to the new modern world, highlighting the limitations of scientific reasoning and the new middle-class man
 It is only through a combination of old practices and Mina that Dracula is defeated, suggesting the need to maintain some of the old order, but also the need to include women in society, otherwise they will regress into an unstoppable, destructive force

Question 2

The Bloody Chamber

Answer 2

 Human to animal, prey to predator, passive to active
 Portrayed in a positive light for women to transform out of their passive roles into having greater agency
 Perhaps being even more powerful than the aristocratic power of the patriarchy, such as presented in ‘Wolf Alice’
 Carter suggests that women should not transform into a predator, but rather disturbs the binary and suggests that ‘the lamb must learn to run with the tigers’
 Presenting that women can be both a prey and a predator if they view themselves as equal to men and have agency
 ‘The Warewolf’ perhaps could be read as the dangers of trying to become a male and live within the patriarchy