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Chapter 2: Perversity, the Femme Fatale Figure, and Oscar Wilde’s Salomé 2.1 Introduction Wilde's Salomé at the time of its publication was arguably the most famous and undoubtedly the most infamous version of the Salomé story ever told: while it was made a household name almost throughout Europe, it also aroused considerable controversy.
I trace the figure of Salomé back from the fin-de-siède obsession with femmes fatales to the biblical and mythic personifications of the 'dark side' of feminine sexuality, and argue that the dominant images in Wilde's play, of blood and the moon, can be connected and understood as images of menstruality: the confrontation between Salomé and Joka...
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Salome, the titular character of Oscar Wilde’s play, has been interpreted as a femme fatale, a seductive and dangerous woman who leads men to their downfall. This interpretation is supported by Salome’s actions throughout the play, as she uses her beauty and sexuality to manipulate those around her.
Oct 8, 2023 · Download Citation | The Seduction of Femininity: A Critical Scrutiny of Oscar Wilde’s Salomé | This study covers how the femme fatale image is constructed socially, literarily and culturally.
year-old Joan of Arc, and while Wilde was composing his play in Paris, Bernhardt was incarnating a sexy Cleopatra (fig. 1), one of her many roles as the type of orientalized, queer femme fatale evoked by Salome ("Idol-Woman"; Gilman; Raafat; Powell, Oscar Wilde 45). Casting Bernhardt was a canny move, given Wildes plan to premiere his play
In his hands, and in the libretto and music Strauss created after his play, Salome becomes a fallen daughter of Eve, an acolyte of the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, a femme fatale and, most important, a decadent, transgressive, persecuted artist in the mold of her martyred queer re-creator Oscar Wilde (Robinson 203).
Oct 23, 2007 · Salome : a tragedy in one act by Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900; Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898. Publication date 1912 Publisher London : J. Lane ... Pdf_module_version 0.0.23
