Amanda|NNP Bates|NNP November|NNP 11|CD ,|, 2008|CD Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP :|: East|NNP Asian|NNP Femme|NNP Fatale|NNP of|IN Old|NNP The|DT Chinese|JJ legend|NN of|IN Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP ,|, the|DT snake|NN demon|NN that|WDT takes|VBZ human|JJ form|NN and|CC becomes|VBZ the|DT wife|NN of|IN a|DT man|NN ,|, has|VBZ exerted|VBN a|DT lasting|JJ influence|NN over|IN East|NNP Asian|JJ folktales|NNS and|CC fiction|NN for|IN centuries|NNS .|. 
Two|CD quintessential|JJ novellas|NNS ,|, “|NN The|DT Lust|NNP of|IN the|DT White|NNP Serpant|NNP ”|NN from|IN Ugetsu|NNP Monogatari|NNP by|IN the|DT Japanese|JJ author|NN Ueda|NNP Akinari|NNP and|CC “|NN Eternal|NNP Prisoner|NNP under|IN Thunder|NNP Peak|NNP Pagoda|NNP ”|NN a|DT traditional|JJ Chinese|JJ story|NN ,|, are|VBP both|DT relatively|RB complex|JJ and|CC demonstrate|VB not|RB only|RB the|DT evolution|NN of|IN the|DT White|NNP Snake|NNP figure|NN to|TO become|VB a|DT more|RBR believable|JJ human|NN ,|, but|CC also|RB what|WP aspects|NNS may|MD have|VB given|VBN her|PRP$ enduring|VBG appeal|NN .|. 
While|IN both|DT these|DT stories|NNS are|VBP ostensibly|RB morality|NN tales|NNS about|IN the|DT dangerous|JJ beauty|NN of|IN this|DT femme|NN fatale|NN ,|, the|DT true|JJ source|NN of|IN pleasure|NN from|IN these|DT narratives|NNS is|VBZ the|DT femme|NN fatale|NN ’|NN s|VBZ transgressive|JJ behavior|NN ,|, not|RB her|PRP$ eventual|JJ punishment|NN for|IN it|PRP .|. 

Early|RB tales|NNS of|IN Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP appeared|VBD in|IN China|NNP as|RB early|RB as|IN the|DT Song|NNP Dynasty|NNP ,|, and|CC initially|RB her|PRP$ portrayal|NN was|VBD fairly|RB direct|JJ ,|, as|IN a|DT villainous|JJ demon|NN who|WP drains|VBZ the|DT life|NN force|NN out|IN of|IN her|PRP$ human|JJ husband|NN .|. 
Lai|NNP ,|, Whalen|NNP .|. "|'' From|IN Folklore|NNP to|TO Literate|NNP Theater|NNP :|: Unpacking|NNP "|'' Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP "|'' .|. "|'' Asian|NNP Folklore|NNP Studies|NNPS 51|CD ,|, no|UH .|. 1|CD (|( 1992|CD )|) :|: 52|CD .|. 

But|CC over|IN time|NN ,|, characterizations|NNS of|IN her|PRP$ became|VBD more|RBR complex|JJ ,|, and|CC the|DT persona|NN of|IN Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP became|VBD more|RBR sympathetic|JJ ,|, and|CC perhaps|RB even|RB a|DT model|NN of|IN the|DT ideal|JJ Confucian|NNP wife|NN ,|, particularly|RB in|IN “|NN Pagoda|NNP ”|NN .|. 
Whalen|NNP Lai|NNP notes|NNS ,|, “|NN She|PRP was|VBD a|DT loving|JJ wife|NN ,|, a|DT caring|VBG mother|NN ,|, rescuer|NN of|IN her|PRP$ family|NN from|IN the|DT first|JJ flood|NN ,|, and|CC ,|, at|IN that|DT point|NN ,|, a|DT general|JJ benefactor|NN of|IN man|NN .|. 
She|PRP took|VBD on|IN the|DT virtues|NNS of|IN a|DT traditional|JJ Chinese|JJ female|NN ,|, particularly|RB forbearance|NN ”|NN .|. 
Ibid|NNP .|. ,|, 53|CD .|. 

But|CC if|IN she|PRP were|VBD really|RB an|DT ideal|JJ wife|NN ,|, why|WRB could|MD she|PRP not|RB live|VBP happily|RB with|IN her|PRP$ human|JJ mate|NN ?|. 
Her|PRP$ dangerous|JJ sexuality|NN is|VBZ the|DT key|NN .|. 

Femme|NNP fatale|NN might|MD seem|VB an|DT unusual|JJ term|NN to|TO apply|VB to|TO a|DT character|NN from|IN pre-modern|JJ Chinese|JJ and|CC Japanese|JJ literature|NN who|WP may|MD exemplify|NN the|DT virtues|NNS of|IN an|DT ideal|JJ Confucian|NNP wife|NN ,|, since|IN it|PRP is|VBZ primarily|RB associated|VBN with|IN film|NN characters|NNS ,|, particularly|RB those|DT of|IN the|DT film|NN noir|NN genre|NN .|. 
But|CC this|DT term|NN ,|, which|WDT is|VBZ relatively|RB speaking|VBG ,|, a|DT neologism|NN (|( The|DT earliest|JJS uses|NNS were|VBD around|IN the|DT beginning|NN of|IN the|DT 20th|JJ century|NN Oxford|NNP English|NNP Dictionary|NNP ,|, “|NN Femme|NNP ,|, ”|NN Oxford|NNP University|NNP Press|NNP ,|, http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/50083541/50083541se3?single=1&query_type=word&queryword=femme+fatale&first=1&max_to_show=10&hilite=50083541se3|NN 
)|) ,|, is|VBZ an|DT apt|JJ description|NN of|IN the|DT depiction|NN of|IN Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP and|CC all|DT her|PRP$ incarnations|NNS .|. 
It|PRP refers|VBZ to|TO a|DT woman|NN who|WP is|VBZ dangerously|RB attractive|JJ ,|, and|CC lures|VBZ men|NNS to|TO their|PRP$ downfall|NN with|IN her|PRP$ sexual|JJ attractiveness|NN .|. 
In|IN both|DT incarnations|NNS of|IN Madame|NNP White|NNP snake|NN ,|, the|DT authors|NNS depict|VBP her|PRP as|RB bewitchingly|RB beautiful|JJ .|. 
Toyoo|NNP ,|, her|PRP$ human|JJ lover|NN in|IN “|NN Lust|NNP of|IN the|DT White|NNP Serpant|NNP ”|NN can|MD not|RB shake|VB the|DT image|NN of|IN her|PRP$ beauty|NN from|IN his|PRP$ mind|NN and|CC dreams|NNS of|IN her|PRP$ ,|, and|CC finds|VBZ himself|PRP “|NN disturbed|VBN and|CC agitated|VBN ”|NN by|IN her|PRP$ “|NN ethereal|NN beauty|NN ”|NN .|. 
Ueda|NNP ,|, Akinari|NNP .|. Ugetsu|NNP Monogatari|NNP :|: Tales|NNS of|IN Moonlight|NNP and|CC Rain|NN :|: A|DT Complete|JJ English|NNP Version|NNP of|IN the|DT Eighteenth-|NNP Century|NNP Japanese|NNP Collection|NNP of|IN Tales|NNS of|IN the|DT Supernatural|NNP .|. Vancouver|NNP :|: University|NNP of|IN British|NNP Columbia|NNP Press|NNP ,|, 1974|CD ,|, 162|CD -|: 164|CD .|. 

In|IN “|NN Eternal|NNP Prisoner|NNP ,|, ”|NN Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP ’|NN s|VBZ bewitching|VBG beauty|NN follows|VBZ her|PRP$ lover|NN Hsü|NNP into|IN his|PRP$ dreams|NNS ,|, and|CC the|DT next|JJ morning|NN “|NN he|PRP was|VBD so|RB distracted|VBN that|IN he|PRP could|MD not|RB concentrate|VB on|IN doing|VBG business|NN .|. ”|NN 
“|NN Eternal|NNP Prisoner|NNP under|IN the|DT Thunder|NNP Peak|NNP Pagoda|NNP .|. ”|NN Trans|NNP .|. Diana|NNP Yu|NNP ,|, in|IN Y.|NN W.|NN Ma|NNP and|CC Joseph|NNP S.|NN M.|NN Lau|NNP .|. Traditional|NNP Chinese|NNP Stories|NNP :|: Themes|NNP and|CC Variations|NNP .|. Boston|NNP :|: Zheng|NNP &|CC Zui|NNP Co|NNP ,|, 1986|CD ,|, 358|CD .|. 

Both|DT of|IN these|DT stories|NNS align|VBP negative|JJ connotations|NNS with|IN her|PRP$ beauty|NN ,|, suggesting|VBG that|IN her|PRP$ sexuality|NN is|VBZ the|DT cause|NN of|IN their|PRP$ distraction|NN .|. 

In|IN addition|NN to|TO distracting|VBG sexuality|NN ,|, the|DT irregular|JJ characterization|NN of|IN Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP might|MD be|VB another|DT trait|NN her|PRP$ character|NN has|VBZ in|IN common|JJ with|IN the|DT archetypical|JJ noir|NN femme|NN fatale|NN .|. 
In|IN her|PRP$ essay|NN analyzing|VBG the|DT noir|NN film|NN from|IN a|DT feminist|JJ perspective|NN ,|, Christine|NNP Gledhill|NNP writes|VBZ “|NN Not|RB only|RB is|VBZ the|DT hero|NN frequently|RB not|RB sure|JJ whether|IN the|DT woman|NN is|VBZ honest|JJ or|CC a|DT deceiver|NN ,|, but|CC the|DT heroine|NN ’|NN s|VBZ characterisation|NN is|VBZ itself|PRP fractured|JJ so|IN that|IN it|PRP is|VBZ not|RB evident|JJ to|TO the|DT audience|NN whether|IN she|PRP fills|VBZ the|DT [|NN femme|NN fatale|NN ]|NN stereotype|NN or|CC not|RB ”|NN .|. 
Christine|NNP Gledhill|NNP ,|, “|NN Klute|NNP 1|CD :|: A|DT Contemporary|NNP Film|NNP Noir|NNP and|CC Feminist|NNP Criticism|NNP ,|, ”|NN in|IN Feminism|NNP and|CC Film|NNP ,|, ed.|NN E.|NN Ann|NNP Kaplan|NNP (|( New|NNP York|NNP :|: Oxford|NNP University|NNP Press|NNP ,|, 2004|CD )|) ,|, 81|CD .|. 

While|IN both|DT stories|NNS each|DT characterize|VB Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP fairly|RB consistently|RB within|IN their|PRP$ narratives|NNS ,|, the|DT uneven|JJ characterization|NN in|IN film|NN noir|NN perhaps|RB mirrors|VBZ the|DT evolution|NN of|IN her|PRP$ character|NN over|IN time|NN :|: readers|NNS may|MD not|RB be|VB sure|JJ whether|IN she|PRP is|VBZ a|DT pure|JJ villainess|NNS or|CC whether|IN she|PRP is|VBZ a|DT good|JJ wife|NN who|WP is|VBZ badly|RB treated|VBN by|IN society|NN ,|, because|IN there|EX is|VBZ evidence|NN of|IN both|DT throughout|IN her|PRP$ legend|NN .|. 
She|PRP is|VBZ a|DT loyal|JJ wife|NN to|TO her|PRP$ husband|NN as|IN she|PRP has|VBZ promised|VBN ,|, but|CC she|PRP also|RB causes|VBZ him|PRP to|TO find|VB trouble|NN with|IN the|DT law|NN and|CC deceives|NNS him|PRP about|IN her|PRP$ supernatural|NN nature|NN .|. 

The|DT complications|NNS in|IN her|PRP$ character|NN serve|VB to|TO undercut|VBD the|DT ostensible|JJ didactic|JJ intent|NN of|IN these|DT stories|NNS .|. 
A|DT simple|JJ reading|NN of|IN the|DT story|NN might|MD produce|VB the|DT idea|NN that|IN Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP represents|VBZ dangerous|JJ female|JJ aggression|NN and|CC sexuality|NN that|IN traps|NNS the|DT man|NN ,|, and|CC she|PRP must|MD be|VB defeated|VBN and|CC punished|VBN by|IN society|NN .|. 
This|DT is|VBZ quite|RB similar|JJ to|TO the|DT expected|JJ end|NN for|IN the|DT femme|NN fatal|JJ character|NN in|IN films|NNS -|: she|PRP is|VBZ punished|VBN in|IN some|DT way|NN so|IN that|IN social|JJ order|NN and|CC proper|JJ gender|NN roles|NNS are|VBP restored|VBN .|. 
In|IN both|DT stories|NNS ,|, Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP ’|NN s|VBZ secret|NN is|VBZ uncovered|VBN and|CC a|DT monk|NN comes|VBZ to|TO exorcise|VB her|PRP$ ,|, and|CC she|PRP is|VBZ eventually|RB rendered|VBN powerless|JJ and|CC trapped|VBN under|IN a|DT pagoda|NN .|. 
Her|PRP$ husband|NN becomes|VBZ a|DT monk|NN ,|, and|CC this|DT further|JJ implicates|NNS Lady|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP ,|, this|DT time|NN from|IN a|DT Buddhist|NNP perspective|NN .|. 
Female|NNP beauty|NN is|VBZ a|DT dangerous|JJ thing|NN that|IN ties|NNS men|NNS to|TO the|DT transitory|JJ world|NN and|CC prohibits|VBZ them|PRP from|IN being|VBG free|JJ from|IN desire|NN and|CC ascending|VBG to|TO Nirvana|NNP .|. 
Furthermore|RB ,|, Lady|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP ’|NN s|VBZ lover|NN is|VBZ far|RB from|IN the|DT ideal|JJ man|NN .|. 
He|PRP is|VBZ weak-willed|JJ and|CC not|RB particularly|RB useful|JJ .|. 
In|IN “|NN Lust|NNP ,|, ”|NN the|DT priest|NN informs|VBZ Toyoo|NNP “|NN Those|DT creatures|NNS took|VBD advantage|NN of|IN your|PRP$ fair|JJ looks|VBZ and|CC tempted|VBN you|PRP .|. 
But|CC you|PRP ,|, yourself|PRP ,|, owing|VBG to|TO a|DT lack|NN of|IN courage|NN and|CC spirit|NN ,|, fell|VBD victim|NN to|TO their|PRP$ temporary|JJ form|NN ”|NN Ugetsu|NNP Monogatari|NNP ,|, 177|CD -|: 178|CD .|. 
.|. 
The|DT implications|NNS of|IN this|DT are|VBP that|IN a|DT stronger|JJR ,|, more|RBR capable|JJ man|NN would|MD not|RB fall|VB for|IN the|DT Lady|NNP ’|NN s|VBZ trickery|NN .|. 
But|CC are|VBP the|DT morals|NNS of|IN these|DT stories|NNS entirely|RB sincere|JJ ?|. 
If|IN they|PRP were|VBD ,|, Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP would|MD be|VB unmistakably|RB depicted|VBN as|IN an|DT evil|JJ character|NN .|. 

Instead|RB ,|, both|DT these|DT stories|NNS feature|VBP many|JJ moments|NNS where|WRB readers|NNS have|VBP great|JJ sympathy|NN for|IN her|PRP$ ,|, despite|IN her|PRP$ depraved|JJ sexuality|NN .|. 
Certainly|RB ,|, readers|NNS admire|NN her|PRP$ patience|NN and|CC loyalty|NN :|: “|NN I|PRP searched|VBD everywhere|RB ,|, and|CC now|RB that|IN at|IN last|JJ I|PRP ’ve|VBP found|VBD you|PRP ,|, I|PRP ’m|VBP very|RB happy|JJ ,|, ”|NN Ibid|NNP .|. ,|, 173|CD .|. 
she|PRP gushes|VBZ to|TO him|PRP in|IN “|NN Lust|NNP .|. ”|NN 
Readers|NNS must|MD also|RB acknowledge|VB that|IN her|PRP$ human|JJ lover|NN is|VBZ breaking|VBG his|PRP$ promise|NN to|TO her|PRP$ when|WRB he|PRP leaves|VBZ her|PRP .|. 
She|PRP pleads|NNS with|IN him|PRP ,|, “|NN We|PRP have|VBP a|DT love|NN bond|NN between|IN us|PRP ,|, as|RB constant|JJ as|IN the|DT T|NN ’|NN ai|VBP Mountains|NNPS and|CC the|DT Eastern|NNP Sea|NNP ,|, and|CC we|PRP must|MD live|VB and|CC die|VB together|RB .|. 
Please|VB ,|, since|IN we|PRP are|VBP already|RB married|VBN ,|, take|VB me|PRP back|RB ,|, and|CC let|VB ’|NN s|VBZ stay|VB together|RB the|DT rest|NN of|IN our|PRP$ lives|NNS .|. 
Wouldn|NNP ’|NN t|NN that|WDT be|VB wonderful|JJ ?|. ”|NN 
“|NN Eternal|NNP Prisoner|NNP ,|, ”|NN 369|CD .|. 

In|IN another|DT traditional|JJ vernacular|NN story|NN ,|, “|NN Tsu|NNP Shih-|NNP Niang|NNP Sinks|NNP the|DT Jewel|NNP Box|NNP in|IN Anger|NNP ,|, “|NN Tu|NNP Shih-|NNP Niang|NNP Sinks|NNP the|DT Jew|NNP Box|NNP in|IN Anger|NNP ,|, ”|NN trans|NNS ,|, Richard|NNP M.|NN W.|NN Ho|NNP ,|, in|IN Y.|NN W.|NN Ma|NNP and|CC Joseph|NNP S.|NN M.|NN Lau|NNP .|. Traditional|NNP Chinese|NNP Stories|NNP :|: Themes|NNP and|CC Variations|NNP .|. Boston|NNP :|: Zheng|NNP &|CC Zui|NNP Co|NNP ,|, 1986|CD ,|, 358|CD .|. 
”|NN the|DT male|JJ protagonist|NN breaks|VBZ a|DT promise|NN he|PRP made|VBD to|TO his|PRP$ concubine|NN lover|NN ,|, and|CC suffers|VBZ for|IN it|PRP ,|, suggesting|VBG that|IN traditionally|RB ,|, loyalty|NN and|CC keeping|VBG ones|NNS word|NN was|VBD valued|VBN on|IN the|DT man|NN ’|NN s|VBZ part|NN as|RB well|RB as|IN a|DT woman|NN ’|NN s|VBZ .|. 
So|RB her|PRP$ husband|NN ’|NN s|VBZ failure|NN to|TO follow|VB through|IN on|IN his|PRP$ end|NN of|IN the|DT bargain|NN ,|, completely|RB forgetting|VBG the|DT love|NN he|PRP once|RB had|VBD for|IN her|PRP$ ,|, makes|VBZ readers|NNS more|RBR sympathetic|JJ to|TO Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP ’|NN s|VBZ plight|NN .|. 

However|RB ,|, no|DT matter|NN how|WRB much|JJ sympathy|NN Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP may|MD gather|VB from|IN readers|NNS ,|, the|DT story|NN still|RB ends|VBZ with|IN her|PRP$ trapped|VBN under|IN the|DT pagoda|NN .|. 
These|DT stories|NNS draw|VBP from|IN the|DT long|JJ tradition|NN of|IN supernatural|NN and|CC ghost|NN stories|NNS ,|, which|WDT usually|RB end|NN with|IN the|DT demon|NN destroyed|VBN or|CC at|IN least|RBS subdued|VBN .|. 
In|IN the|DT initial|JJ versions|NNS of|IN this|DT story|NN Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP harmed|VBD her|PRP$ human|JJ lover|NN ,|, so|RB her|PRP$ entrapment|NN under|IN a|DT pagoda|NN by|IN a|DT Taoist|NNP monk|NN or|CC later|RB ,|, a|DT Buddhist|NNP monk|NN Lai|NNP ,|, 53|CD .|. 
would|MD have|VB been|VBN a|DT satisfying|VBG ending|VBG .|. 
Readers|NNS of|IN early|JJ versions|NNS of|IN the|DT story|NN might|MD have|VB been|VBN cheering|VBG for|IN the|DT defeat|NN of|IN this|DT demon|NN disguised|VBN as|IN a|DT beauty|NN ,|, and|CC would|MD have|VB enjoyed|VBN reading|VBG the|DT stories|NNS for|IN the|DT lurid|NN horror|NN details|NNS and|CC later|RB her|PRP$ crushing|VBG defeat|NN .|. 
Conversely|RB ,|, the|DT authors|NNS of|IN the|DT two|CD stories|NNS examined|VBD here|RB do|VBP not|RB give|VB readers|NNS motivation|NN to|TO wish|VB for|IN the|DT death|NN of|IN Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP ,|, so|IN the|DT pleasure|NN of|IN the|DT narrative|NN -|: to|TO borrow|VB appropriate|JJ phrasing|NN from|IN film|NN theory|NN -|: comes|VBZ not|RB from|IN the|DT death|NN of|IN the|DT insubordinate|NN ,|, disruptive|JJ force|NN ,|, from|IN watching|VBG the|DT transgressions|NNS themselves|PRP .|. 

In|IN an|DT essay|NN on|IN the|DT femme|NN fatale|NN heroines|NNS of|IN film|NN noir|NN ,|, Janey|NNP Place|NNP argues|VBZ that|IN the|DT strong|JJ behavior|NN of|IN the|DT female|JJ characters|NNS supersedes|NNS the|DT moral|JJ lessons|NNS supposedly|RB imparted|JJ by|IN their|PRP$ morals|NNS at|IN the|DT end|NN .|. 
She|PRP writes|VBZ ,|, “|NN the|DT final|JJ ‘|NN lesson|NN ’|NN of|IN the|DT myth|NN often|RB fades|NNS into|IN the|DT background|NN and|CC we|PRP retain|VBP the|DT image|NN of|IN the|DT erotic|JJ ,|, strong|JJ ,|, unrepressed|JJ (|( if|IN destructive|JJ )|) woman|NN .|. ”|NN 
Janey|NNP Place|NNP ,|, “|NN Women|NNP in|IN Film|NNP Noir|NNP ”|NN in|IN Women|NNP in|IN Film|NNP Noir|NNP ,|, ed.|NN E.|NN Ann|NNP Kaplan|NNP (|( London|NNP :|: British|NNP Film|NNP Institute|NNP ,|, 2003|CD )|) ,|, 48|CD .|. 

In|IN these|DT two|CD stories|NNS ,|, the|DT femme|NN fatale|NN Madame|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP is|VBZ going|VBG to|TO live|VB on|IN in|IN the|DT minds|NNS of|IN readers|NNS not|RB as|IN the|DT shrunken|NN snake|NN trapped|VBN under|IN a|DT pagoda|NN ,|, but|CC the|DT sexy|JJ ,|, aggressive|JJ woman|NN who|WP took|VBD a|DT weaker|JJR human|JJ man|NN as|IN her|PRP$ lover|NN .|. 

This|DT resistant|JJ reading|NN of|IN the|DT text|NN may|MD be|VB too|RB colored|VBN by|IN modern|JJ viewpoints|NNS ,|, since|IN it|PRP is|VBZ impossible|JJ to|TO know|VB for|IN certain|JJ what|WP readers|NNS in|IN the|DT past|RB enjoyed|VBN about|IN these|DT stories|NNS .|. 
However|RB ,|, consciously|RB or|CC unconsciously|RB ,|, these|DT authors|NNS created|VBD a|DT female|JJ character|NN who|WP fits|VBZ the|DT characteristics|NNS of|IN a|DT feisty|JJ heroine|NN .|. 
In|IN fact|NN ,|, Communists|NNPS in|IN the|DT PRC|NNP in|IN the|DT 1970s|NN reclaimed|VBN her|PRP as|IN a|DT feminist|JJ symbol|NN for|IN women|NNS who|WP rebel|NN against|IN the|DT patriarchy|NN .|. 
Lai|NNP ,|, 52|CD .|. 

Just|RB as|IN the|DT dangerous|JJ femme|NN fatale|NN of|IN noir|NN films|NNS has|VBZ reemerged|JJ as|IN a|DT heroine|NN in|IN her|PRP$ own|JJ right|NN ,|, rather|RB than|IN the|DT sexy|JJ death|NN trap|NN for|IN the|DT male|JJ protagonist|NN ,|, so|RB too|RB Lady|NNP White|NNP Snake|NNP should|MD be|VB reclaimed|VBN for|IN her|PRP$ sexual|JJ assertiveness|NNS and|CC life|NN slightly|RB outside|IN the|DT bounds|NNS of|IN conventional|JJ social|JJ expectations|NNS .|. 

