Carter uses different narratives and perspectives in order to create differing effects and responses.
In the Bloody Chamber, the first-person narrative creates a stronger relationship between the reader and the protagonist. This allows us to see the Marquis as a true threat as we are privy to the reactions of the protagonist.
However, in regard to The Courtship of Mr Lyon, the third-person narrative allows us to never truly see the Beast as a true threat and we end up anticipating a happy resolution between the two.
The Snow Child’s use of the third-person narrative allows Carter to relay the disturbing events without any emotional attachment. The Snow Child has no voice or name, to further detach the reader and perhaps exemplify a patriarchal society.
Gothic colours are used as a strong feature of characterisation in order to enhance the gothic genre of the texts, as well as employ stereotypes.
false compare”—that is, any love in which false comparisons were invoked to describe the loved one’s beauty.