The Courtship of Mr. Lyon revision
- Created by: katie_8
- Created on: 05-05-20 11:13
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- The Courtship of Mr. Lyon.
- Themes
- Gender
- Sexuality
- Man vs. Beast
- Transformation
- Corruption/ Innocence
- Quotes
- 'Do not think she had no will of her own'
- Puts Beauty in a position of power
- Justifies her own actions
- Puts Beauty in a position of power
- 'She would go to the ends of the earth for her father, whom she loved dearly'
- Links to patriarchal power and female submission.
- 'Mean kitchen'
- Suggests slavery
- Mockery of the patriarchy.
- 'His pet'
- Objectification women.
- 'Squared up to the mohogany door'
- Mocking men's bravery.
- 'shook him like an angry child'
- childish behaviour
- inhumane, undeveloped
- Presents a more innocent side to the beast.
- 'Do not think she had no will of her own'
- Characters
- Beauty
- Opressed
- 'mean kitchen'
- Corrupt
- 'she smiled at herself in mirrors a little too often'
- Innocent
- Opressed
- Beast
- Innocent
- Inhumane
- Untitled
- Beauty' s father
- distracted by wealth
- 'All remained to make Beauty's father entirely comfortable'
- trying to regain his status in a patriarchal society
- 'his pet'
- distracted by wealth
- Beauty
- Message
- The idea that a person must be masculine and feminine in order to live to their full potential.
- There is an animal in all of us that we ignore
- Shown when the Beast turns human and is still described will animal features
- 'A man with an unkempt mane of hair'
- Shown when the Beast turns human and is still described will animal features
- Themes
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