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The Kiss of the Spider Woman Summary & Study Guide Description
The Kiss of the Spider Woman Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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The Kiss of the Spider Woman Plot Summary
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The story begins with two men, Molina, a homosexual window-dresser, and Valentin, a Marxist political activist, sharing a prison cell. Molina has been convicted of a sexual "perversion," while Valentin has been arrested for his revolutionary activities. In order to pass the time, Molina describes in great detail to Valentin a movie he once saw. Although the movie is not named directly in the story, it is recognizable as the classic Hollywood movie Cat People, which was released in 1943. In this movie, a woman is transformed into a panther who attacks people at night. Although he reluctantly listens in order to relieve the boredom of prison, Valentin makes fun of Molina for his obsession with what he perceives to be a shallow, inane movie. But Valentin grows to like hearing about Molina's movies, and becomes increasingly engaged in the stories. Although Valentin continues to be disdainful of Molina, when...
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