Feminist Themes in Carter’s ‘The Courtship of Mr. Lyon’

Posted by on Feb 6, 2025 in English and French Studies | 0 comments

“The Courtship of Mr. Lyon” is based on the classic story, “Beauty and the Beast,” and told in the “once upon a time” third person common to traditional fairy tales. Carter’s classic backdrop of basic story and narration emphasizes her tale’s unconventionality, with its feminist themes and plot reversal. Like many of Carter’s stories, far from “classic,” “The Courtship of Mr. Lyon” is a tale of self-discovery and rejection of female objectification. According to Meyre Ivone Santana da Silva, the

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