Bloody Chamber Themes

Fairy tales and folk myths have a long history of being told to children as bedtime stories for many of generations, and as the tales get told time and time again different variations and versions of these stories have emerged. A prime example of this is Angela Carter’s book “The Bloody Chamber and other stories”. Carter has created multiple new stories from classic fairy tales such as “Beauty and the Beast” and “Snow White” allowing her to inject her own modern twist and interest in gender politics. Her collection of stories in this book explore a certain image of women and undoubtedly within “The Bloody Chamber” the way violence, attraction, and women seem to come hand in hand.
Both Charles Perrault’s “Blue Beard” and Angela Carter’s “The Bloody Chamber” share two central themes to their tale: the caution that needs to be taken upon entering into marriage and the danger of what a strong sense of desire for knowledge can hold. Although, Carter seems to have created a new moral for ther story; to be the object of desire is to be defined in the passive case. To exist in the passive case is to die in the passive case- that is, to be killed. Making the moral of this fairy tale more about the perfect woman. By Making numerous changes and bring more emphasis to certain passages in her version “The Bloody Chamber” …show more content…
Carter has clearly set her story in the 20th century making references to the stock market, telephones, etc helping ground the story in reality instead of a mythical world. But the most stand out feature in Carter’s ‘The Bloody Chamber’ and many of her other stories is the dark and bloody journey into the seductive power of a violent economy of vision, with the dominant experience linked throughout the book; of the dangerous ease with which one is seduced by powerful structures of