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Throughout the modernization of history, gender roles have also become more prevalent in terms of general differentiation. When it comes to the topic of eternal love, men naturally learn to love the women that they are attracted to. In turn, women become attracted to the men they happen to fall in love with. In doing so the notion of love serves as the eternal similarity between both genders however the aspects of finding and facilitating love occur in different ways also based on the genders interpretation of love. Society has painted this ideology that women are perceived as more affectionate and a physical interpretation of love, while men are seen as the masculine dominance who are the ones that need to be loved. This concept of difference in roles gender holds becomes prevalent in many works of literature. In Angela Carter’s following works of literature, “The Man Who Loved a Double Bass”, “The Company of Wolves”, and “Reflections”, she explains the different aspects of gender roles in the real world, through her selection of characters, setting, and different perspectives throughout society.
In Angela Carter’s work, she expresses her feminist mythology through the representation of her female characters. The ideology of purity and the overall cleansed well-being that a woman’s body holds becomes a very important contributing factor in shaping the way her female characters are perceived. Society itself, however, views men as the overall dominance, this notion is incorporated in Carter’s text when she writes, “In a society where men dominate, they value women only as of the object of men’s passions.” (SITE) This demonstrates the objectification of women when standing beside a man. Oftentimes it becomes basic human nature for a man to be dominant while the woman becomes that who follows the dominant. Similar to objects completing a task for a woman.
Paragraph 3:different perspectives
In Angela Carter’s work, she expresses her feminist mythology through the representation of the setting.
1.)Supporting evidence #1:
“You are always in danger in the forest, where no people are………………….the wolves will eat you.”
Thus, we can understand that the girl is in the forest and she’s in danger. The wolves will come out of nowhere and consume the girl. This is significant because it shows the different gender roles between the girl and the wolves.
Page number for supporting evidence #1: Page 212
2.)Supporting evidence #2:
“In a society where men dominate, they value women only as of the object of men’s passions.”
Thus, we can understand that men view women as a different gender role. They view women as a man’s passion.
Page number for supporting evidence #2: Page 31
3.)Supporting evidence #3:
“He found me, I think, inexpressibly exotic. But I often felt like a female impersonator.”
The man found the woman. The girl feels like a performer when he finds her. There is a distinction between the two gender roles.
Page number for supporting evidence #3: Page 31
4.)Supporting evidence #4:
“They called the bass Lola. Lola was the most beautiful bass in the whole world. Her shape was that of a full-breasted, full-hipped woman, recalling certain primitive effigies of the Mother Goddess so gloriously, essentially feminine was she, stripped of irrelevancies of head and limbs.”
Thus, we can understand Jameson called his bass off his girlfriend’s name. Jameson described her as the prettiest bass. He described how he viewed her. There is a distinction between the two gender roles.
Page number for supporting evidence #4: Page 4
5.)Supporting evidence #5:
“Are you sure you love him?”
“I’m sure I want to marry him,”
Thus we can understand that the question is being asked whether or not she wants to marry him. She responds by saying yes. There is a distinction between the two gender roles.
Page number for supporting evidence #5: Page 111
Works Cited
Carter, Angela. “The Man Who Loved a Double Bass,” “The Company of Wolves,” and “Reflections, “Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories. Penguin Books, 1997.