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Question 1

What does Angela Carter express about women?

Answer 1

“I was trying to find new ways of being a woman.”

Themes: Gender, Identity, Power

Question 2

How does Jeff VanderMeer describe Carter’s approach to Gothic conventions?

Answer 2

“Carter reverses Gothic conventions.”

Themes: Genre, Gender, Subversion

Question 3

What is Helen Simpson’s view on women in Carter’s fairy tales?

Answer 3

“Women are not victims in Carter’s fairy tales.”

Themes: Feminism, Power, Agency

Question 4

What does Patricia Duncker say about Carter’s relationship with fairy tales?

Answer 4

“Carter is not rewriting the fairy tale but writing back to it.”

Themes: Intertextuality, Subversion, Feminism

Question 5

What aspect of the Gothic does Robert Kidd highlight?

Answer 5

“The Gothic deals with the taboo and the transgressive.”

Themes: Violence, Sex, Power

Question 6

What do Carter’s heroines do according to Makinen?

Answer 6

“Carter’s heroines actively resist passivity.”

Themes: Gender, Autonomy, Transformation