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Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2021-12-13 03:10:29 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40309902 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Even the name is demeaning. She may have been the "Sleeping beauty," but her real name is never used. That is as demeaning as always referring to a person by a number instead of their name -- a common habit in prison; or the "Hey, you" or worse by a domineering spouse. Beauty looked down to see his auburn hair covering her sex as she felt his lips against her thighs." ~ right before the Prince sodomizes him.
a b c Hoppenstand, Gary; Browne, Ray B. (1996). The Gothic World of Anne Rice. Popular Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-87972-708-X.Rice tapped into a universal theme, that of dominance and the yearning to please. Some people demand unquestioning obedience, and I've worked for employers like that. A popular term is "control freaks." Rice was clever enough to apply it to some very personal themes among people; because it is very personal, it makes the story very frightening despite its intense eroticism.
It's why I have long been horrified by zoos; the thought of animals deprived of their freedom breaks my heart. Modern zoos are changing, one of the sad facts is that zoos have become necessary to save various animals that would be exterminated if left in the wild. It's better, sometimes, to be "in protective custody" than extinct; that may also apply to loveless marriages. Rice may have intended a similar allegory for this book. The popular image of marriage is of love and tenderness; her book says some marriages are an indoctrination into strict and absolute obedience. Bettelheim, Bruno (2010). The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales. Vintage. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-307-73963-6. From the beginning, Rice's story sounds like an allegory to military training in which the goal is to destroy the individual's sense of personal identity and replace it with loyalty to the group. In the military, such dominance is enforced. In private life, companies sometimes spend inordinate amounts of money to develop similar loyalty -- consider the pressures to be a "team player" in most organizations. Beauty falls in live, because she's in love, and because she's a natural submissive who is turned on by everything being done to her, but eventually she gets a little rebellious. Not because she's been stripped from her home and family and forced to submit, but because the castle life is too tame for her, she wants harsher treatment which leads to the sequel....Ramsland, Katherine M. (1991). Prism of the Night: Biography of Anne Rice. Dutton Adult. p. 357. ISBN 0-525-93370-0. Smith, Jennifer (1996). Anne Rice: A Critical Companion. Greenwood Press. p. 5. ISBN 0-313-29612-X. It was announced in September 2014 that Televisa U.S.A had obtained the rights to adapt the trilogy into a television series. Rice was to serve as executive producer alongside Rachel Winter, producer of the film Dallas Buyers Club. Winter had previously approached Rice in 2012 regarding such plans that did not materialize at the time. [20] As of 2016 [update], the series was still in early development. There is no evidence that Sleeping Beauty is based on a true story, though many have speculated about possible influences from real-life fairy tales and myths.
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