The Role Of Masks In The Passion Of New Eve

It is an impulse that man creates different masks in order to conceal their real colors from the world. Camouflaging is an instinct to man, hiding behind another face in order to get what they want or need. As there are masks deemed superficial, there are also masks that man has no control over creating. A mask may be reveal when one is at his or hers most vulnerable, as when one is comfortable with another or at their most critical condition of personal desires. Contemporary works such as The Infernal Desire Machines of Dr. Hoffman and The Passion of New Eve reflect on the characters revealing their true natures as they struggle between lust and desires. Some of the female characters are characterized as submissive and weak as opposed to the male characters, that are dominant and appears both mentally and physically stronger. However, as a result of their personal desires, it is later revealed that, the female characters transforms and becomes unrestrained and rebellious; with the aim of achieving some
Without really knowing who Leilah is, Evelyn is basically outlining the obvious facts that surfaces about Leilah, rather than the background facts of who Leilah really is. And after the news of her pregnancy, he immediately loses interest in her and ultimately abandons her, complaining that she is a pain and nothing but annoying. He completely ignores and rejects her and even commands her to get an abortion. “...she became only an irritation of the flesh, an itch to be scratched” (27). Evelyn’s lust created a rough path for him, and that foreshadows his long trek ahead later in the novel. Not thinking about important factors on the outside, he eventually will be punished for his deed and that will result in his uncontrollable lust and sexual