The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (OCR A Level English Literature): Flashcards
Exam code: H472
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Fill in the gap: "My father said he loved me yet he ＿＿＿＿＿ his daughter on a hand of cards"
The narrator, The Tiger's Bride
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Fill in the gap: "My father said he loved me yet he ＿＿＿＿＿ his daughter on a hand of cards"
The narrator, The Tiger's Bride
Answer: "My father said he loved me yet he staked his daughter on a hand of cards"
Fill in the gap: "The king, aghast, witnesses the ＿＿＿＿＿ of his pawns"
The narrator, The Bloody Chamber
Answer: "The king, aghast, witnesses the revolt of his pawns"
Fill in the gap: "I caught sight of myself in the ＿＿＿＿＿"
The narrator, The Bloody Chamber
Answer: "I caught sight of myself in the mirror"
Fill in the gap: "And such a one she felt herself to be, Miss Lamb, spotless, ＿＿＿＿＿"
The narrator, The Courtship of Mr Lyon
Answer: "And such a one she felt herself to be, Miss Lamb, spotless, sacrificial"
Key quote: "I know quite well that this child I've bought with a handful of coloured stones and the pelts of dead beasts won't run away"
The narrator, The Bloody Chamber
Analysis
The wife is priced in jewels and furs, as though she were one more purchase. Calling her a "child" shows how far this marriage is really a form of ownership.
Key quote: "And I had to be content with that"
The narrator, The Bloody Chamber
Analysis
The flat, short sentence measures how little say she has. Her acceptance shows how completely the marriage has left her powerless and under his control.
Key quote: "My master's sole desire is to see the pretty young lady unclothed nude without her dress"
The Valet, The Tiger's Bride
Analysis
Saying the same thing three times makes the demand more exposing rather than less. The repetition turns her into something to be looked at, which is objectification in action.
Key quote: "For she knew with a pang of dread, as soon as he spoke, that it would be so and her visit to the Beast must be... the price of her father's good fortune"
The narrator, The Courtship of Mr Lyon
Analysis
Beauty becomes the payment for her father's good luck. She is the currency in a deal between two men, so her worth is decided entirely by them.
Key quote: "This leonine apparition shook Beauty's father until his teeth rattled"
The narrator, The Courtship of Mr Lyon
Analysis
The Gothic word "apparition" makes the Beast's power seem supernatural rather than merely physical. Shaking the father shows how easily that power overturns a man's authority.
Key quote: "How pleased I was to see I struck the Beast to the heart!"
The narrator, The Tiger's Bride
Analysis
She answers objectification with a demand of her own. Wounding the Beast is the moment the power between them turns.
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