English Lit As level Angela Carter - Wise children

i've got to do an essay on the importance of saskia and how she is presented so any ideas?

What Saruman said is what I can think of currently. Perhaps then you can develop those points?

I have a question along the same lines...Peregrin...that lovable foil to Melchior...what's his role within Wise Children?

I've got...foil to Melchior, another set of twins, opposite of Melchior to D&N, contributes to carnival sense (magic etc)...ummmm....I'm feeling a bit brain dead atm.

Anyone got any bright starting ideas please?

Okay so the title comes from the "It's a wise child that knows its own father, but wiser yet the father who knows his own children" (see page 73). There is also a quotation at the start of the book...right right RIGHT at the start that says the same from Old Saw.

N+D know their father is M but it's never much of a problem for their lives although they are hung up about it.

I+S think M is their father but it's really P.

There's some ambiguity over who is M+P's father.

M is unaware that I+S aren't his daughters.

M refuses to acknowledge N+D as his daughters.

P willingly takes N+D as his daughters, but yearns after the acknowledgement from his own daughters I+S.

So the title does reflect the confusion and lack of acknowledgement and children knowing their father but the father not knowing and vise versa.

That'll do for now I'm guessing.

Kat