Quest For Self-Awareness In Angela Carter’s Novel Love

Abstract

The Proposed paper entitled Quest for self-awareness in Angela Carter’s Novel Love, tends to bring out the notion that Angela carter’s Protagonists in Love is a woman who undergoes various manifestations, basically concentrating on the three facets that a woman deals with in order to tread on the quest for self-awareness. The narrative centres on the intricate and detrimental relationships among the principal characters: a psychologically ill woman, her charismatic husband, and his unpredictable sibling. Carter frequently examines themes of familial relationships and the influence of authoritative parents in her writings. Although Love does not focus on a maternal figure, the emotional detachment and alienation faced by the protagonists may mirror their wider familial and societal connections. The role of a mother which proves her existence and the relationship of mother and child is important. Also, a final point is the relevance of gaze, which suggests that the gaze or stare of woman appears eventually by the narrative’s concluding section. Additionally, they help to highlight how traditionally fairy tales portray men and women in a stereotyped manner, with the primary protagonist that is the female counterpart being a passive person with no agency or power whilst the main feature being her beauty.