Charles Baudelaire generally portrays women negatively in his poetry. They are described as ambiguous and extremely difficult to understand. His fascination with making everything that is seen as beautiful into something ugly manifests itself in his writing. Baudelaire’s aim is to transfer that which is thought of as revolting into beauty, and that which is seen as beautiful into something horrid. I will start by giving examples of certain poems in which this is …showed first 75 words of 1074 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1074 total…he sees woman’s nature as something unpleasant. He has lost all faith in women; his encounters with the opposite sex may have had negative similarities, which caused him great pain and discomfort, thus building up his resentment inside. One can only speculate, no one knows Baudelaire’s true reasons behind his pessimism towards women. There are numerous factors that may have contributed to his disappointment. However only Baudelaire is aware of what they are.