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Opera, or the undoing of women

by Catherine Clément

Catherine Clément analyzes the plots of over thirty prominent operas--Otello and Siegfried to Madame Butterfly and The Magic Flute--through the lenses of feminism and literary theory to unveil the negative messages about women in stories familiar to every opera listener. --Publisher description.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?