Leviticus Flashcards
(7 cards)
Plot summary for Leviticus
Flashback of the neighbours fornicating and Mrs W/Mrs White’s varying responses.
Mrs W’s role within the church – linked to marketing/ commerce
Jeanette hears the sermon about perfection and has her “first theological disagreement”.
Metanarrative for Leviticus
The Prince’s search for the perfect wife.
Exploration of gender roles within fairytales and subversion thereof
Exploration of woman as threat to the institution of the church and female wisdom seen as the Dark Arts
Suggests a sense of the ruthlessness of Mrs W/The Church and its ability to destroy/excommunicate those who challenge its authority
Contextual notes for Leviticus
In terms of literary context, Angela Carter published The Bloody Chamber 1978 – a feminist re-telling of traditional fairy tales. So this was published pretty soon afterwards, therefore suggesting these subversive feminist ideas were pretty new.
Notes from the masters for Leviticus
Devil and sex equated by Louie; sexual desire is seen as temptation to lure you away from being holy.
We see beginning of J questioning mother and church authority.
Poems linked to Leviticus
The Diet
Beautiful
Links to bible story in Leviticus
Fundamentals to Jewish law and religious ceremonial following rebuilding of the temple
Key quotes from Leviticus
- “‘They’re fornicating’ cried my mother”
- “I didn’t quite know what fornicating was, but I had read about it in Deuteronomy, and I knew it was a sin”
- “According to the sliding scale, the whole world could be holey in a mere ten years”
- “Tha mother’s mad, tha knows”
- “The sermon was on perfection, and it was at this moment that I began to develop my first theological disagreement”
- “‘We will not give up on our task’ ‘You’ll be dead first’”
- “The blood became a lake and drowned the advisors”
- “‘Prince your a fool’…‘What you want can’t exist’”
