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Carter, Eve, Evelyn, fiction, short-stories, The Bloody Chamber
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Having read Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber and being aware that she was a feminist, I had assumptions of what The Passion of New Eve may be about. And I was not disappointed as the book is full of vivid images and Carter’s ability to distort reality with fantasy blends well with the story’s themes. The male protagonist, who objectifies women is transformed into a woman against his will after being abducted by a female tribe.
Carter leaves the process of transformation to the reader’s minds, however in my opinion it seems as though the character is transformed through a ritual, or a surgical method too modern for the setting. Again, distorting the semi-realistic setting of the story with the fantasy like events and unusual characters. The protagonist then suffers from the hands of a half-man like creature who rapes her. A series of strange and cruel events follow, but In the end she decides to remain a woman and develops a completely different view of men, women and herself.
The book by far, is the strangest amongst Carter’s collection. The extreme bending of gender roles and reality shows how open-minded the author perhaps was, as the values in society during that time were perhaps more conservative. Overall, an interesting and fantastic book best suited for an open-minded reader.
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