Gazes or appearances
In the following text how can the "gazes" of the dolls disarticulate the integrity of the human form? I think the author wanted to say the "appearances" of the dolls rather than their "gazes". What is your idea?
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Overwhelmed with nostalgia, impossible longing and fear of death, Bellmer felt the need ‘to construct an artificial girl with anatomical possibilities…capable of recreating the heights of passion even to inventing new desires’. The images of the dolls’ fragmented body parts articulated in poses that are sadistic and creepy, as well as being projection screens for the anxiety induced by the real-life threats to his masculinity, also threaten that masculinity in the sense that their uncanny gazes, while simulating the human, disarticulate the integrity of the human form.
Top answer
She seems to have developed a new meaning for "gaze". The gaze is an active agent for her. The disassembled dolls project their own disarticulated state through their eyes, I guess, threatening castration thereby, maybe.
- She seems to have developed a new meaning for "gaze".
- The gaze is an active agent for her.
- The disassembled dolls project their own disarticulated state through their eyes, I guess, threatening castration thereby, maybe.
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She seems to have developed a new meaning for "gaze". The gaze is an active agent for her. The disassembled dolls project their own disarticulated state through their eyes, I guess, threatening castration thereby, maybe.
0cattttI think the author wanted to say the "appearances" of the dolls rather than their "gazes".
No. The appearance of the dolls is how they look to the people who look at them (gaze upon them). The gaze of the dolls is how they direct their eyes toward you, the observer.
You gaze at them. You see that they have a certain appearance.
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