Compare two storiesYamamoto, “Seventeen Syllables”Alvar, “Legends of the White Lady”: What is the significance

Compare two stories
Yamamoto, “Seventeen Syllables”
Alvar, “Legends of the White Lady”: What is the significance of Alice making herself into the white lady of Balete Drive? How might this connect with all the words and images that have to do with simulation?

(i.e. citizenship and violence = the symbolic violence of national identity; masculinity andperformance = performed versus assumed masculinity).