Monday, May 31, 2010

Lesson 8: Dead Tree Gothics

"Come back, so that I may plant within you my seed!"
He's digging the grave for your freedom. Run!
The Tree of Life takes root at the Family Seat, and when our Gothic Romance Paperback heroine flees the ancestral pile into a wasteland of dead trees with broken branches, she becomes a rebellious anti-heroine, defying the social norm. The dead trees on these covers hint that Female does not equal Wife-and-Mother, and that some women would rather burn their brassieres in the barrens of a bachelorette apartment than bear heirs. 
Assignment: Why are dead trees called snags, and what kind of wild life do they attract?
For more snags see tumbler: Gothic Romance.

4 comments:

Eve said...

"Assignment: Why are dead trees called snags, and what kind of wild life do they attract?"

Snag hags?

Ask the Cool Cookie said...

Why? Because their brittle branches are natures preferred weapon against chiffon. As the protagonist tries to flee into the (woods as fog begins to creep in) that which she is running from, the snags catch the delicate fabric of her her nightgown, and provide an evidence path for the tortured being that is chasing her - not to kill her - but to save her from the handsome villian who would murder her to silence the voices in his head.

Lily Duschene said...

You are both correct! I'm a snag hag myself, and always wear chiffon in their company.

Donna Lethal said...

Chiffon is great for bust-enhancing, corset-type styles as well, as we saw in the "staircase" lesson. It's especially good on windy nights on the moors, too.