Femmes Fatales as Mythological Creatures in Romantic and Victorian Poetry

The thesis starts by giving a general definition of femme fatale and by talking about women’s role during the Nineteenth century, myth and mythological creatures. It then moves towards the femme fatale in romantic poetry, analysing selected poems of John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Finally, it discusses the fatal woman in victorian poetry with selected poems of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.