Carmilla’s physical “features [are] small and beautifully formed” (262) with “large, dark and lustrous” (262) eyes and “hair so magnificently thick and long” (262) that Laura is filled “with [a] wonder” (262) that is peculiar. As Carmilla’s physical description, specifically her dark eyes and thick hair, seems to indicate an exotic origin, one that is insinuated further by Carmilla’s apparent acquaintance with “a hideous black woman, with a sort of coloured turban on her head” (257), this suggests that Laura’s seemingly childish fascination to “fold and braid it, and spread it out and play with it” (262), to thoroughly ‘examine’ Carmilla’s hair, demonstrates a form of English domination over an exotic individual, which is concealed under a guise of childish
Carmilla’s physical “features [are] small and beautifully formed” (262) with “large, dark and lustrous” (262) eyes and “hair so magnificently thick and long” (262) that Laura is filled “with [a] wonder” (262) that is peculiar. As Carmilla’s physical description, specifically her dark eyes and thick hair, seems to indicate an exotic origin, one that is insinuated further by Carmilla’s apparent acquaintance with “a hideous black woman, with a sort of coloured turban on her head” (257), this suggests that Laura’s seemingly childish fascination to “fold and braid it, and spread it out and play with it” (262), to thoroughly ‘examine’ Carmilla’s hair, demonstrates a form of English domination over an exotic individual, which is concealed under a guise of childish