Angela Carter: The Wound in the Face

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This activity contains 3 questions.

What is Carter’s purpose in this essay? Focus particularly on her imagery of the wound.

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Carter refers to “the burden of having to look beautiful.” Do women today continue to suffer this burden? Do men? What is your own take on what society considers beautiful? You may wish to consider Susan Sontag’s essay, “Women’s Beauty,” on pp. 682–685.

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Recreate Carter’s study, as described in her first paragraph, using images from contemporary women’s magazines. What are women’s faces today “supposed to be looking like”? Why?

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