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femme fatale

(French ‘fatal woman’) woman who brings about the ruin of her lovers; contrasted with the femme fragile, the typical Pre-Raphaelite pale, unearthly woman. The femme fatale was common in Romantic literature; for example, the heroine of the play Salomé by Oscar Wilde and the character of Lulu in Pandora's Box by Frank Wedekind.



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