Siberia seems more and more like a dream. Literally, sometimes I get confused as if Carter precisely manipulated the shifts in reality like space, time and relationships to get the perfect product of a prolonged dream experience.
To be honest, “The Spectacle of Her Gluttony” helped me connect this literature to the shadowing themes of feminism, patriarchy, gender roles and how they influence class and economy. Only slightly aware of this theme before reading Nights at the Circus, I failed to recognize how Fevver’s mystical performance, physique, and personality satirized the Woman. Carter’s creation reveals ludicrous elements that makes the reader imagine as if it were indeed reality. The mental process proves difficult however, it feels like trying to fit a square peg through a wooden circular opening.
Aside from the obvious tones of feminism, it also seems pretty apparent that Carter tries to illuminate the significance of personal liberty. Many characters seems to be prisoners in unique ways. The blatantly imprisoned, such as Countess P.’s inmates and the escapee’s desire to return home, offer easy examples to physical restrictions of the human body. Though Walser and Fevvers illustrate, throughout the novel, the strenuous process of freeing one’s mind from prior conditioning. Walser goes from being a skeptical journalist to a head-injury victim who seeks only to reveal the happiness which beams from his hidden memory of Fevvers. Fevvers, on the other hand, transforms from a self-absorbed and materialistic diva who favors diamonds and spotlights to a normal person curious for the tingling sensation of finding an intimate companion.
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