“Completion of a Circle”: Female Process of Self-Realization and Individuation in Margaret Atwood’s The Robber Bride and “I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth”

Manuela López Ramírez
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In The Robber Bride and its sequel, “I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth,” Margaret Atwood underscores the complex feminine identity through the femme fatale, who is depicted using mythic Gothic figures, such as the vampire. Atwood contradicts socially-sanctioned roles for women. She shapes newer and more complete social and personal female identities, questioning how inadequately the patriarchal system represents their multiplicity. The author describes how the protagonists challenge the patriarchal definition of the feminine Self on their Jungian journey towards individuation, for which the fatal woman, as the Shadow Self, acts as a catalyst.
“圆的完成”:阿特伍德《强盗新娘》与《我梦见红牙的泽尼娅》中女性自我实现与个性化的过程
在《强盗新娘》及其续集《我梦见红牙的泽尼娅》中,玛格丽特·阿特伍德通过蛇形美人强调了复杂的女性身份,她用神话般的哥特式人物来描绘蛇形美人,比如吸血鬼。阿特伍德与社会认可的女性角色相矛盾。她塑造了更新、更完整的社会和个人女性身份,质疑父权制度如何不足以代表她们的多样性。作者描述了主人公如何在荣格式的个性化之旅中挑战女性自我的父权定义,而致命的女性,作为影子自我,在这一过程中起到了催化剂的作用。
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