Carter alludes to the well-known axion that refers to an unlikely meeting between the powerful and the powerless.
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'The lamb must learn to run with the tigers.'
Characterises men and women with animalistic stereotypes. Implies that women must change if they are to challenge male dominance. Foreshadows the tale's resolution.
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Pay no more than you would for 'any other woman in such circumstances'
Her argument is that, no matter what the price may be, the deal denies her identity, so why bother to look at her face?
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'My father lost me to The Beast at cards.'
The character of the feckless father provides the opportunity for the first moral difference between the tales. The warning of neglected paternal duty to protect the child is much more clearly expressed in this version. Beauty is taken as a prize.
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'the market place, where the eyes that watch you take no account of your existence'
Reference to the feminist concept of the 'male gaze'
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'had I not been alloted only the same kind of imitative life amongst men?'
Tha automaton is an imitation of Beauty. The assumption that no one will notice the difference is a comment on how patriarchal society simultaneously idealises and reduces women.
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'I shrugged the drops off my beautiful fur.'
The ending of the story seems to be advising the reader that it might be a good idea for men and women to see each other as they really are and that mutual recognition of a shared animal nature is the basis of happiness in human relationships.
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Card 2
Front
Characterises men and women with animalistic stereotypes. Implies that women must change if they are to challenge male dominance. Foreshadows the tale's resolution.
Back
'The lamb must learn to run with the tigers.'
Card 3
Front
Her argument is that, no matter what the price may be, the deal denies her identity, so why bother to look at her face?
Back
Card 4
Front
The character of the feckless father provides the opportunity for the first moral difference between the tales. The warning of neglected paternal duty to protect the child is much more clearly expressed in this version. Beauty is taken as a prize.
Back
Card 5
Front
Reference to the feminist concept of the 'male gaze'
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