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Did carter have a positive relationship with her mother?
She felt controlled and 'treated like a Doll'.
Define the uncanny
The uncanny is the psychological experience of something as strangely familiar, rather than simply mysterious. It may describe incidents where a familiar thing or event is encountered in an unsettling, eerie, or taboo context.
His wedding gift, clasped round my throat. A choker of rubies, two inches wide, like an extraordinarily precious _________.
His wedding gift, clasped round my throat. A choker of rubies, two inches wide, like an extraordinarily precious slit throat.
I knew from the first moment I saw him how Erl-King would do me __________.
I knew from the first moment I saw him how Erl-King would do me grievous harm.
In which story is a grandmother's hand cut off?
The werewolf
How did Carter's relationship with her grandmother change the way in which she saw fairytales?
When reading Red Riding hood, her grandmother jumped on her and pretended to eat her. She arguably write the wolf tales in her grandmother's voice.
Define the sublime
Impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; inspiring awe, veneration
See! sweet and sound she sleeps in granny’s bed, between the paws _____________
See! sweet and sound she sleeps in granny’s bed, between the paws of the tender wolf.
The girl burst out laughing; _______________________________
The girl burst out laughing; she knew she was nobody’s meat
What is the speaker's name in Puss in Boots?
Figaro
What mental health disorder did Carter have as a child
Anorexia. Her nickname as a child was 'tubs'.
Define Satanic Hero
A Hero-Villain whose nefarious deeds and justifications of them make him a more interesting character than the rather bland good hero
She stands and moves within the invisible______________________
She stands and moves within the invisible pentacle of her own virginity
In death, she looked far older, less beautiful and so, for the first time, ___________
In death, she looked far older, less beautiful and so, for the first time, fully human
What type of dog does Mr Lyon Have?
Spaniel
What is Virago and why was it unique?
Virago was Carter's publisher. They published books by female writers.
Define the abject
The human reaction to something that casts off or upsets the perceived meaning of due to loss of distinction between subject and object or self
And each stroke of his tongue ripped off skin after successive skin, all the skins of a life in the world, and left behind ___________________________
And each stroke of his tongue ripped off skin after successive skin, all the skins of a life in the world, and left behind a nascent patina of shining hairs.
his white rose, unnatural, out of season, that now my nervous fingers ripped, petal by petal, apart as my father magnificently concluded the _______________________
his white rose, unnatural, out of season, that now my nervous fingers ripped, petal by petal, apart as my father magnificently concluded the career he had made of catastrophe.
Which story feature St. Cecelia?
TBC
What did Carter write in her journal about her first marriage?
I'm unhappy enough to die. I want to go home. I want to go home. I want to go home.
Define mephistophelian bargain
The term refers to the legend of Faust (or Faustus, or Doctor Faustus), a character in German folklore and literature, who agrees to surrender his soul to an evil spirit. (also called faustian bargain)
Then she will open all the cages and let the birds free; they will change back into young girls, every one, each with _________________________________
Then she will open all the cages and let the birds free; they will change back into young girls, every one, each with the crimson imprint of his love-bite on their throats.
As soon as they are left alone, no trifling, this time; they’re at it, hammer and tongs, __________________________________
As soon as they are left alone, no trifling, this time; they’re at it, hammer and tongs, down on the carpet since the bed is occupé.
What day is it at the end of Company of wolves?
Christmas