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Igenlode Wordsmith ([personal profile] igenlode) wrote in [community profile] vicomte_de_chagny2023-01-11 12:11 pm
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Raoul as Gothic heroine

There's an entertaining argument that Leroux was consciously inverting the 'Gothic' sterotype: Raoul is the emotional, vulnerable heroine with an excess of sensibility who insists on pushing her nose into mysteries better left unexplored, while Christine is the strong, silent, reliable hero who thinks things through and has a Plan :-
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