Preview

'Werewolf': A Literary Analysis

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
478 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
'Werewolf': A Literary Analysis
Finding a feminist side in stories can make the reader see a different side of the story.
In the story “The Werewolf” the protagonist is a little girl who lives in a scary and dark town. One day she decides to visit her grandma, on her way she encounters a werewolf, who attacks her. Once she cut the werewolf's hand defending herself later one she realizes that the pay no longer belonged to the werewolf, but to someone closer to her. A theme that the reader can observe in this short story is betrayal. The theme can be seen at the beginning of the story when the author is describing the setting of the story, “Cold; tempest; wild beasts in the forest. it is a hard life …”(Carter 1) with this quote the reader can infer that the wilderness is the house of beast and danger, this quote also can help the reader infer that the author might mention the forest on a future reference. …show more content…
Towards the ending, the author shows the reader the theme when she states "But it was no longer wolf's paw. I was a hand, chopped off at the wrist, a hand toughened with work and freckled with old age. There was a wedding ring on the third finger and a wart in the index finger. By the wart, she knew it for her grandmother's hand”(Carter 1) this quote explains to the reader how betrayal is portrayed in the story. When her grandmother turns out to be the werewolf that attacked her she feels betrayed and shows no sign of remorse
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    Sam And Grace In Shiver Analysis
    • 616 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Sam And Grace In Shiver Analysis

    Wolves. Humans changing into wolves. A high school girl who was attacked. A wolf boy. The Minnesota winter. These things are all very important to the story of Sam and Grace in Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater. Grace is a high school girl who has an obsession with the wolves in the woods behind her house, even though she is attacked by them when she as a young girl. This only made her interest in the wolves grow. There is one wolf in particular who she remembers clearly and who she is very found of. The wolf with yellow eyes “my wolf” (13) as she fondly calls him. What she does not know until later in the story, is that her wolf is infatuated with her as well. Six years later, after Grace’s incident she meets a boy named Sam after he shows up on her back porch naked, with a gun shot in his neck. She realizes this is her wolf when she sees his yellow eyes. This is the start of a sad, action…

    • 616 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Patriarchal Ideology In The Werewolf
    • 174 Words
    • 1 Page

    Patriarchal Ideology In The Werewolf

    Carter presents patriarchal ideology as being almost inherent unless a generation is conscious of a woman’s oppression and decide to sever themselves from it, as the young girl in The Werewolf literally severs the wolf’s paw off with her knife - which she “knows how to use.” This is arguably symbolic of this oppression being as a result of marriage, as Carter focuses on there being a “wedding ring on the third finger.” This perhaps correlates with the statistical evidence that men benefit from marriage more than women, just as a result of her oppressive and patriarchal marriage, the grandmother’s hand is “toughened with work.” Carter, who famously stated that her gender “defines” her, may also be challenging gender stereotypes within this as…

    • 174 Words
    • 1 Page
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Aya And Wild Swans: A Literary Analysis
    • 1365 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Aya And Wild Swans: A Literary Analysis

    The interaction between genders, importance of female education, and hardships of life seem to be a language that can be relatable to most women. As the world continues to change, the roles women play in literature will continue to be a great easel for the evolution of gender roles. If I were to take an even further view into women in literature, I would try to see how the circumstances of the lives of women writers play on their depictions of the world in their…

    • 1365 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    The Cone Gatherers- symbolism
    • 1138 Words
    • 4 Pages

    The Cone Gatherers- symbolism

    The setting of the forest is a microcosm for the world where there are extremes of good and evil particularly at the time in which the novel is set. In chapter 1 of the novel the scene is set on a very idyllic estate,…

    • 1138 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    A Critical Lens approach guide
    • 1251 Words
    • 6 Pages

    A Critical Lens approach guide

    and identifies how gender roles or stereotypes are represented or challenged in a text. It is interested in how gender empowers or constrains characters in a text. HOW ARE MEN AND WOMEN OFTEN PORTRAYED DIFFERENTLY IN LITERATURE?…

    • 1251 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Monster, Literary Analysis
    • 609 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Monster, Literary Analysis

    There are several themes throughout this story. Introspection, Steve must come to terms with his own identity. He accomplishes this throughout the novel in his journal entries which he makes during his time in jail awaiting trial. Peer Pressure, This theme is the basis for how he ended up in his current situation. Had he not given into the peer pressure by James King he wouldn’t have been involved with the robbery that led to the death of the store clerk. Humanity, Steve is called a "monster" by the Prosecutor at the beginning of the novel and Steve grapples with the question of whether or not he is monstrous for his actions in the robbery. He is constantly reflecting upon this in his journal entries. The word can also be found scribbled faintly and scratched out on pages of the novel itself.…

    • 609 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Essay On Patriarchy In The Odyssey
    • 2216 Words
    • 9 Pages

    Essay On Patriarchy In The Odyssey

    In a fantasized world like The Odyssey, women can threaten the power of the patriarchy, but in a modernized world like The Catcher in the Rye, women cannot threaten men because they do not hold tangible power. In The Odyssey, women like Helen, have the capability and desire to gain power; Helen exemplifies how women can manipulate men through the use sexulaity to do anything desire, even start a war. Her power over these men not only causes death and destruction, but it also causes endless nights of men missing their wives and just longing for a woman. Unlike The Odyssey, The Catcher in the Rye presents models of women who appear subordinate to men. The average woman in the 1940’s cleans the house, cares for the children, and cooks the dinner. Her life is in the home, leaving her unable to gain power from men. The two situations contrast,…

    • 2216 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Sister Outsider By Audre Lorde: An Analysis
    • 1045 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Sister Outsider By Audre Lorde: An Analysis

    In describing all of the current issues the modern day world has pertaining to women, it shows that for every step forward comes right back. Women still suffer wage difference, put up with racism, and above all encounter sexism far worse than men ever have. The efforts of society to, as Aude Lorde would say, control and…

    • 1045 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Their Eyes Were Watching God Figurative Language Essay
    • 1605 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Their Eyes Were Watching God Figurative Language Essay

    Envision you are walking home and you see a rally of feminists storming through the city. You shake your head at them, puzzled as to why they are causing chaos once again. However, you hear one woman scream, “I will not leave until I gain equal pay as the rest of my male coworkers! I will not keep quiet any longer!” According to The Washington Post, “the Census Bureau calculates that the median woman in the United States makes 79 cents for every buck paid to the median man.” (Paquette) Women have always been underprivileged compared to men. Zora Neal Hurston effectively used setting, figurative language, characterization, and the manipulation of plot in Their Eyes Were Watching God to inform the audience how feminism has always been present and plays a big role in our lives, whether we are aware of it or not.…

    • 1605 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    The Ideas Of Evil And Isolation In The Salem Village
    • 267 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The Ideas Of Evil And Isolation In The Salem Village

    The forest setting helps support the theme because it adds to the theme of isolation, especially when words associated with evil are used to describe it…

    • 267 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Character Analysis Of Adrianna Rose: Werewolf Hunter
    • 153 Words
    • 1 Page

    Character Analysis Of Adrianna Rose: Werewolf Hunter

    Adrianna Rose is forced to move to a small town in California that's infested with Werewolves just because her parents are Werewolf Hunters. Adrianne's parents pressure her because they feel that it's her destiny because everyone in her family on both sides are Werewolf Hunters. She doesn't want to be a Werewolf Hunter but her parents want listen to her they keep on forcing the life they lived upon her.…

    • 153 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    The Red Tent
    • 2612 Words
    • 11 Pages

    The Red Tent

    Reading all this books made me realize what feminism really is and how it revolves around matrifocal, matrilineal and matriarchal. All these stories talks about the women in different ages have gone through. All these stories are all connected by the message they give. The first story was the introduction from Bell hooks book. my first impressions and personal response of the reading is that people judge us women way too much. They think we can't do things because who we are. Reading further along made me feel really sad that people don't believe in us women we are downgraded by society and that influences the people. Us women have so much to bring to the table as well as men do, we are human and should be treated like humans. One strengths…

    • 2612 Words
    • 11 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    The Role Of Oppression In Short Stories
    • 888 Words
    • 4 Pages

    The Role Of Oppression In Short Stories

    Women have been faced with oppression almost all their lives. Society, spouses and families play a huge role in oppressing women, making them society’s puppets. Authors of the 20th century like Charlotte Gilman and Joyce Oats, were able to break the silence, and voice their opinions and concerns in short stories like “The Yellow Wallpaper” written by Charlotte Gilman, and “Where are you now, where are you going” by Joyce oats.…

    • 888 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    'Werewolf Boy': Article Analysis
    • 499 Words
    • 2 Pages

    'Werewolf Boy': Article Analysis

    Apply the four truth tests on the article “Werewolf Boy” and see if it stands up to the truth.…

    • 499 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    X A Fabulous Child's Story Summary
    • 290 Words
    • 2 Pages

    X A Fabulous Child's Story Summary

    In the text, Gender and Women’s Studies in Canada by Margaret Hobbs and Carla Rice, is a story called, X: A Fabulous Child’s Story by Lois Gould. The main character in this story is not assigned a specific gender, so growing up, the parents of X gave their child both female and male characterized items to wear, play with, and watch. By doing this, X’s parents allowed X to expand and easily discover what it is that X truly is passionate about without the barriers of social constructs. “X was the president of student council. X had won first prize in the talent show, and second prize in the art show, and honourable mention in the science fair, and six athletic events on field day” (168). This story helped me understand that feminism benefits…

    • 290 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More