Awakening Beauty & Complex Relationships

This chapter explores the thematic interplay of beauty and relationship dynamics through Disney's Sleeping Beauty and C.S. Lewis's 'That Hideous Strength.' It portrays the struggles of Mark and Jane in their cold marriage, revealing deeper philosophical aspects of identity, ambition, and personal fulfillment. The analysis of Featherstone's flawed masculine ideal critiques the dangers of unchecked progress and the manipulation inherent in societal structures.