The Tiger's Bride Quotes Flashcards
“Ripped petal by petal apart”
white rose represents love, purity & innocence so Beauty ruining that gesture shows empowerment & rejects”damsel in distress” stereotype
Could also show deflowering (loss of virginity)
“I prick my finger so he gets his rose all smeared with blood”
White=purity red=love/lust
Beauty is tainted as her father gave her away
Subtle innuendo for losing her virginity
“My masters sole desire is to see the pretty young lady unclothed, nude, without her dress”
He sees her as a sexual object
Highlights the male desire for sex rather than love
Could be him seeing beauty but she makes it seem seedy
“How pleased I was to see I struck the beast to the heart”
Female empowerment
“Struck” suggests physical harm but she’s emotionally hurting him which is worse
Role reversal
“He paced out the length and breadth of his imprisonment”
Trapped inside the mask of being powerful & dominating but inside he’s sensitive - like he wants to escape himself
“The lamb must learn to run with the tigers”
Suggesting women need to adapt to men’s ideals
“My rose had lost all of its petals”
Refers to losing virginity & nature
Reiterates that sexuality is the only power women have over men
“And yet the beast goes always masked”
Motif - Carter wants us to look deeper & appreciate the person beneath
“I have lost my pearl beyond price”
Men think they have the right to own & gamble women - objectification
“Let in the white light of the the snowy moon”
Representative of virginity and innocence
“My father lost me to the beast at cards”
A sense of ownership & oppression of women
