i need some new boots actually

Maybe i'll go on asos instead of doing this...
Ok no I have no money anyway.

PUSS. in boots!
So this narrator is the first male one, and he comes across to start with as arrogant and sex-driven. I wonder what Carter could have meant by that? He seems to be smart though and comes up with schemes to help his master, but actually the the big plan of the story is thought up by a girl, though Puss takes credit for it. It's as if Carter felt bad about not letting men have their say in the book, but couldn't bring herself to be nice about it.

The characters in this one are based on the Italian Comedia dell'Arte. The cats represent the harlequin and the colombina as they are poor but witty and manage to get their own way in the end. The Pantaleone obviously fills the role of the Pantalone, as the old, greedy man, but the hag also fills this role as the baddie. The man and the woman represent the lovers, defined by their desperate love for each other, and aiding no other purpose other than to create a scenario for the other characters to revolve around.
The woman is an interesting character because, although she is one of the passive lovers, she is not the passive, yielding woman you might expect her to be. She takes an active role in wanting to be rescued from her awful marriage (and from virginity). Like in previous stories such as The Tiger's Bride the woman steps up to the initiation of sex rather than submitting helplessly. This shows Carter's theme of strong women as equal to men in sexuality and everything else.

Sexuality itself in this story is much different to the other stories. It is portrayed as something to be laughed at and enjoyed, rather than something to indicate power and control, or ownership over someone. To begin with Puss views sex as some sort of 'cure' for love, perhaps indicating a belief that woman are just something to be used and disposed of. However this changes as the narrator falls in love with the other cat, and he starts to see that it is about mutual gain rather than male pleasure.

Goodbyeeee