'she was the child of his desire and the Countess hated her'
Suggests the child is a fantasy realised. Creates ambiguity: does desire refer to her creation at the Count's wish or does it suggest his sexual desire? The Countess' reaction suggests the latter.
1 of 5
'The Count picked up the rose, bowed and handed it to his wife'
Suggests an empty gesture, attempting forgiveness and reconciliation. Could also suggest the Count intends the Countess to die as the child did.
2 of 5
'It bites!'
Conclusion is ambiguous. Suggests that in hurting another woman she has only hurt herself and left the real villain, the Count, unscathed and unpunished.
3 of 5
'thrust his virile member into the dead girl'
Carter seems to suggest that women know men would rathe rindulge themselves with dead fantasies than accept women as they really are, a depressing and morbid view of human relationships.
4 of 5
'I wish I had a girl as red as blood'
He fathers the girl of his dreams. May be be a comment on how the patriacrhy shapes women in the image of men's desires. Gothic symbolism of the colour 'red.'
5 of 5
Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Suggests an empty gesture, attempting forgiveness and reconciliation. Could also suggest the Count intends the Countess to die as the child did.
Back
'The Count picked up the rose, bowed and handed it to his wife'
Card 3
Front
Conclusion is ambiguous. Suggests that in hurting another woman she has only hurt herself and left the real villain, the Count, unscathed and unpunished.
Back
Card 4
Front
Carter seems to suggest that women know men would rathe rindulge themselves with dead fantasies than accept women as they really are, a depressing and morbid view of human relationships.
Back
Card 5
Front
He fathers the girl of his dreams. May be be a comment on how the patriacrhy shapes women in the image of men's desires. Gothic symbolism of the colour 'red.'
Comments
No comments have yet been made