2 Works in Devil in a Blue Dress - Walter Mosley
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Devil in a Blue Dress & The Femme Fatale: How Ruby Hanks Created the Perfect Persona by Madam_Melon_Meow
Fandoms: Devil in a Blue Dress - Walter Mosley, Easy Rawlins Series - Walter Mosley
02 Dec 2021
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The following is a transcript of a short video essay, with the information from each slide and the verbal script. it describes the way the character Ruby Hanks created a false self, pouring her identity into the femme fatale in order to insulate herself from trauma. it uses the language of the text, including the slurs the author chose to write.
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- Part 8 of Essays
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,981
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Hits:
- 31
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Human Needs: The Mystery Fiction Genre & The Failings of Courtroom Justice by Madam_Melon_Meow
Fandoms: Devil in a Blue Dress - Walter Mosley, Winter's Bone - Daniel Woodrell, Queenpin - Megan Abbott
01 Dec 2021
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The detective, by delving into the gritty details of the case and trying to solve the mystery, must navigate through the chaos, allowing the reader to become exposed to the harsh realities of society’s failures. This essay will explore this topic using Walter Mosley’s Devil in a Blue Dress, Megan Abbott’s Queenpin, and Daniel Woodrell’s Winter’s Bone. The aforementioned novels are especially poignant, as the central characters, rather than being aloof Sherlock-eque dandies, are members of the very social circles in which the crime takes place, and their intimate connections to the wrong side of the law allows them to travel into the heart of darkness and lay it bare.
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- Part 7 of Essays
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,734
- Chapters:
- 1/2
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- 15