Carter Style Essay

In the short story "The Tiger's Bride" by Angela Carter, the narrator, Beauty, and her father leave St. Petersburg, Russia and head to Tuscany, Italy in the middle of winter. Beauty chose this remote location because it had no casinos for her father was addicted to gambling, but little did she know everyone who settles here must play cards with the Beast. During Beauty’s father card-playing tenure he loses all his money to the Beast, consequently losing his own daughter to a last-hopes bet. Allowing her father’s gambling addiction to take the reins, Beauty remains calm and collected when her father loses her in a bet to the Beast, but as the story progresses there’s an evident transformation from the once innocent Beauty in the beginning of the novel to a loss of innocence at the

Fairytales are typically interpreted as children’s stories about magical and imaginary beings and lands, but that is often not the case. Many people do not realize that fairytales are very present in adult literature. These stories are often disguised, and contain topics that appeal to older generations such as matters of sex and death. The novel, Carrie by Stephen King, is a modern day fairytale that is perceived as a horror by most readers. Alex. E. Alexander exhibits the idea that Carrie is a universal fairytale in his critical essay, “Carrie a Universal Fairytale”. He exemplifies the characteristics of a fairytale and how Carrie mimics these trends. Novels such as Cinderella and Rapunzel, contain elements of fairy tales, that Carrie also possesses. Much like Cinderella, the protagonist, Carrie, goes through a rite of passage, maturation. This thought to bring forth her supernatural power, an element that is evident in Rapunzel. Also in Cinderella, is the presence of an antagonist adult figure, Carrie’s natural mother, but Cinderella’s stepmother. The commonalities between the novel and the stories, prove to the reader that Carrie, although morbid, is truly a fairytale.

The Beast gives Belle her own room to stay in. “THE BEAST STOOD IN FRONT of the door to the bedroom that now, against his wishes, belonged to Belle.” (Rudnick 64). The Beast provided Belle with a bedroom where she could sleep. He did not deprive her of the needs in the physiological level. Now that she fulfilled this level, she can move on to the next level, The safety and security stage.

Hardball by Chris Matthews is an interpretation of what many know as “hard-politics”. The book describes the skill of playing the game in Washington and how to be successful at it. The book is a guide that teaches a series of maxims that would be in favor of politicians to learn in order to be successful. The different tactics provided in the book hold a lot of knowledge that would make the life of anyone following these strategies much easier when trying to get ahead in life. Matthews describes a countless number of examples of successful politicians that rose to the top. Those politicians are the ones who learned how to play hardball in Washington.

The muttered curse escaped FBI Special Agent Lyle Carter's lips, whisking through the cool morning air.

Seger states that in fairy tales "an old woman, a dwarf, a witch, or a wizard helps the hero . . . The hero achieves the goal because of this help, and because the hero is receptive to what this person has to give" (173). Conversely, Beast is helped by the very damsel he imprisons. Belle is a normal woman, not a witch or a wizard; she has no special powers and is not old or dwarfish in any way. Also, Beast is extremely reluctant to accept any help from her. In the Disney version of the story, Belle tries to teach Beast how to control his temper and be more compassionate and loving. Beast is not receptive at all to this help throughout the story, but still manages to defeat the curse left on him by a self revelation. He decides after Belle's departure from his castle to learn to love and be kindhearted. Although her help may have had an impact on his transformation, it was the mere presence of her and his own self conscience that ultimately helped him conquer his relentless curse. This is quite different from what Seger illustrates in her hero myth theory.

The 1970's was a difficult time period in American history filled with chaos, domestic and international crises, and very poor presidential leadership. Richard Nixon was president during the early years of the seventies and he was far from popular in the eyes of the American people. With inflation rapidly rising, Nixon soon became unfavorable, and with the controversy surrounding his actions concerning the Watergate Crisis, he was impeached and forced to resign. His Vice President, Gerald R. Ford, soon took his place in the White House. However, Ford was unable to handle the crippling events taking place in the United States; his approval dropped drastically within months, and like Nixon he lost support of the American people. When the

President Jimmy Carter The President of Peace Jimmy Carter was born October 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery. His father, James Earl Carter, Sr., was a farmer and businessman; his mother, Lillian Gordy, a registered nurse. He was educated in the Plains public schools, attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1946. On July 7, 1946, he married Rosalynn Smith. When his father died in 1953, he resigned a naval commission and returned to Plains.

Referring back to fairytales like Beauty and the Beast film which involves the beast who magically got turned into a beast as a disciplining act because of his selfishness. Then a beautiful young women by the name of Belle, got imprisoned in the castle. The beast is very fond of Belle since he first laid eyes on her. During the movie Belle being the catalyst for the Beast’s need of wanting to change. But he distances himself from her because he has two mindsets. Which is a man and the other is a raging beast. The beast is going through trying to

This foregrounds potential of narcissism within Beauty. The Beast allows Beauty to go back to London to be with her father under the condition that she must return before winter is over. While in London, she, “[sends] him flowers, white roses in return for the ones he had given her; and when she left the florist, she experienced a sudden sense of perfect freedom, as if she had jus escaped from an unknown danger” (48). With this gesture, Beauty feels all her debts are settled and she no longer has an obligation to the Beast. When she puts on her robe of fur, she becomes her own beast, showing a parallel between her and the Beast.

It states what Beast has transformed into in Beaumont’s story, and what Beauty has transformed into in Carter’s version. However, this paper will focus on the Beauty in both stories. Beauty in Carter’s “the Tiger’s Bride” is different from the one in Beaumont’s “the Beauty and

She tells him that she only wishes to see Maurice again, just for a moment. The Beast takes her to the West Wing, where earlier in the show she discovered the withering rose, and gives her a magic mirror, explaining that it will allow her to see anything she might desire to see. Belle asks if she can see her father and the magic mirror reveals that Maurice is lost and sick in the forest. The Beast, having fallen in love with Belle, releases her to rescue her father and also gives her the mirror so that she may look back and remember him. Belle hurries off, finds Maurice and takes him back to the village, where a mob gathers to take him to an asylum, a plan arranged by Gaston in a very enthusiastic musical number. Gaston offers to have Maurice spared if Belle agrees to marry him but she still refuses. Belle uses the magic mirror to show the Beast to the villagers, who become frightened at his hideous visage. Belle assures them that the Beast is kind and gentle, and that he's her friend. Out of jealousy and anger, Gaston tells the mob that Belle is as crazy as her father. Belle disagrees and calls him the real beast for wanting to kill him. She tells him off that she sees him as nothing more than a sexist, narcissistic, rude, obnoxious and selfish jerk. Insulted, Gaston rallies the villagers to storm the castle and "kill the beast," convincing them that he is dangerous to the entire

In her transformation of the well-known fable "Little Red Riding Hood," Angela Carter plays upon the reader's familiarity. By echoing elements of the allegory intended to scare and thus caution young girls, she evokes preconceptions and stereotypes about gender roles. In the traditional tale, Red sticks to "the path," but needs to be rescued from the threatening wolf by a hunter or "woodsman." Carter retells the story with a modern perspective on women. By using fantasy metaphorically and hyperbolically, she can poignantly convey her unorthodox and underlying messages.

Transformation revealing some idea of truth is a common theme of folk and fairy tales. In the original 'Beauty and the Beast' the creature is rescued by the goodness of a true woman who restores him to his handsome self. Carter's two retellings of the tale offer something quite different. Mr. Lyon loses his attractive and powerful animal qualities and ends up looking 'unkempt' ('The Courtship of Mr. Lyon', p. 54). In 'The Tiger's Bride' it is not The Beast, but Beauty who is transformed. Having dispatched her replica to the real world of her father, she is free to shed 'all the skins of a life in the world' (p. 75) and become a beast herself. Carter inverts the traditional transformation from beast to human and its symbolism. To be beast-like is to be virtuous; to become 'manly' is to be vicious. 'The Snow Child' offers a different view on metamorphosis: a wish can become reality, but can just as easily be wished away. The transitory nature of male desire is emphasized by the melting away of the child: 'Soon there was nothing

Main point #1: While Perrault presents a cautionary tale on the predators that target little, innocent naive girls; Carter restructures the identities of the wolf and the girl, through using of metaphors that capture the uncertain nature of man’s beastliness and humanity and women’s virginity and sexuality.