Tbc Plot Summaries Flashcards
(8 cards)
TBC
A young girl marries a wealthy, older Marquis and moves into his Gothic castle. She discovers a hidden, forbidden room filled with the mutilated bodies of his previous wives. The Marquis plans to kill her too, but she is saved at the last moment by her pistol-wielding mother.
The tigers bride
A woman is gambled away by her father to a mysterious Beast. Living in his remote palace, she is objectified but eventually sheds her human skin to become a beast like him.
TEK
A young woman wanders into the woods and is seduced and entrapped by the mystical Erl-King, who keeps birds in cages. Realising he will destroy her, she strangles him with his own hair.
The snow child
A Count conjures a girl “as white as snow” from his desires. His wife despises the girl and kills her. The Count rapes the girl’s corpse.
The lady of the house of Love
A lonely vampire girl lives in a decaying castle, trapped in an endless cycle of killing. When a rational young soldier arrives, she falls in love and tries to be human. She dies after drinking no blood, becoming mortal and free. As a rose
The werewolf
A gritty folk-tale setting. A girl kills a wolf attacking her — it transforms into her grandmother. The townsfolk kill the old woman for witchcraft, and the girl inherits the house.
TCOW
A feminist retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. A confident girl seduces a werewolf rather than being devoured by him.
Wolf alice
A feral girl raised by wolves is taken in by nuns, then sent to live with a werewolf-like Duke. She eventually develops self-awareness and nurtures the wounded Duke, blurring the lines between beast and human.
