The Bloody Chamber is the same as any other fairytail in the sense that there is a "prince", a "princess", and a happily ever after. The difference between this and the prototypical fairytale is that in The Bloody Chamber, is the Through analyzing the theme in bloody chamber Also, there were many things that were suss, such as a ring of keys to every room with only one she wasn 't allowed to go in (the forbidden room), all his past dead wives, and the creepy nickname people had for the castle. While reading this story, it reminded of another fairytale, Beauty and the Beast. In both stories, the parent did not choose the lover for their child, the child acted independently. Belle went off on her own and fell in love with the beast,
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In Angela Carter’s story The Bloody Chamber, knowledge and power correlate with one another. The greater amount of information a character possesses the greater authority they have. In The Bloody Chamber Carter utilises a variety of literary processes to show the importance of knowledge and power in the plot. This essay will analyse the method Carter applies these literary processes to the tale to express the significance of knowledge and …show more content…
The main element supplies the Bride with access to the knowledge the Marquis conceals in the chamber. The Marquis tells the Bride ‘the key [is] to my enfer.’ An enfer is Hell and even with this warning the Bride defies the Marquis by going into the forbidden chamber. In addition to this, Carter’s utilization of the literary technique prolepsis builds tension into the story ahead of the Bride enters the chamber. Prolepsis is ‘hinting at the future’ , in the tale the Bride wonders whether she 'd ‘find his genuine self in his den’ (pg25). The Heroine prefigures the idea that the Marquis’s real character is hidden inside the chamber. The Bride previously witnesses this during his orgasm therefore she is conscious of some emotion present behind the Marquis’s mask.
Next, In the chamber the literary technique juxtaposition is employed as the Heroine says she is ‘left in absolute darkness’ (pg26)
In Angela Carter’s story The Bloody Chamber, knowledge and power correlate with one another. The greater amount of information a character possesses the greater authority they have. In The Bloody Chamber Carter utilises a variety of literary processes to show the importance of knowledge and power in the plot. This essay will analyse the method Carter applies these literary processes to the tale to express the significance of knowledge and …show more content…
The main element supplies the Bride with access to the knowledge the Marquis conceals in the chamber. The Marquis tells the Bride ‘the key [is] to my enfer.’ An enfer is Hell and even with this warning the Bride defies the Marquis by going into the forbidden chamber. In addition to this, Carter’s utilization of the literary technique prolepsis builds tension into the story ahead of the Bride enters the chamber. Prolepsis is ‘hinting at the future’ , in the tale the Bride wonders whether she 'd ‘find his genuine self in his den’ (pg25). The Heroine prefigures the idea that the Marquis’s real character is hidden inside the chamber. The Bride previously witnesses this during his orgasm therefore she is conscious of some emotion present behind the Marquis’s mask.
Next, In the chamber the literary technique juxtaposition is employed as the Heroine says she is ‘left in absolute darkness’ (pg26)