Coming Out of the Dark: The Trickster Archetype in “The Black Cat” and “The Loves of Lady Purple”
Journal Title: Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 1
Abstract
The trickster archetype is mostly associated with folktales and it can be thought as a controversial gure since diverse cultures have their own ones. Although a variety of tricksters in different physical shapes appeared in cultural history of the world, the most remarkable notion of the archetype is that he is physically weak, but he can reverse the situation through his wit. The black cat Pluto in Edgar Allen Poe's famous short story “The Black Cat” and the marionette Lady Purple in Angela Carter's “The Loves of Lady Purple” can be considered as trickster gures as they are physically weaker than their owners but they accomplish their goals through their shape shifting skills which they use to subvert the patriarchal discourse. This paper will discuss how these two characters can be considered within the context of the trickster archetype in terms of the way they challenge patriarchy.
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Elif Demir
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