Angela Carter's Exploration Of Masks And Society
society's stereotypes? Perhaps it is a tautological circle in which people usually wear the masks they are meant to wear and thus continue creating the same classifications over and over.
One of the greatest modern writers, Angela Carter, deals often with stereotypes in her adaptations of classical fairy tales. Andrew Milne explains the power this practice has had in society, "rewriting of traditional European tales forces the reader to question himself and to think a great deal about the imaginary milestones of our cultural make-up...the reader sees not only his own reflection but also that of society and his culture" (Milne, Manuscrit-Universite).
Fairy tales present modern society's stereotypes, especially about the roles of men and women, and therefore create common ideas that many people believe without consideration. These stereotypes have become so ingrained in our subconscious that they register as facts and we continue the cycles of adorning the masks we are supposed......
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