Anglea Carter

Initially in ‘The Tigers Bride´ a father looses her daughter (beauty) to The Beast in a game of cards. Obviously Beauty resents her father for this act, this is shown in, “My father said he loved me yet he staked his daughter on a hand of cards.” Whereas in ‘The Werewolf´ the young daughter is also put at risk by her mother, when she is asked to take her grandmother some cakes through a dangerous forest. Both of the female characters are exposed to danger in the beginning of the stories In this day and age it is questionable if these females would strictly follow the commands of their parents and also due to equality they would be allowed to decide for themselves. It would seem that

Strangely the entire main characters in ‘The Werewolf´ are female, but usually in fairytales there is also a dominant male character. This can make this story be seen in a feminist light. However ‘The Tigers Bride´ use of the female agent takes the genre pass the conventions of fairytales as Angela Carter ultimately does not portray her as a victim. This also reflects the postmodern feminism of our time, as not all women are victim. Angela Carter blatantly portrays the young girl as a strong character, as she says, “…any but a mountaineer’s child would have died of fright…. But the child was strong….” This is also a feminist portrayal of the girl when compared to the “traditional” characters of women in fairytales. Beauty’s transformation in the end takes the genre into the realm of fantasy. This transformation also gives out a feminist message that

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