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The story is told from the perspective of an unnamed young woman, who has recently married a rich man. She is enthralled by his wealth and attention, as well as the rush of a first romance. He then goes on a business trip, warning her not to open a certain door in his house. She is too overtaken by curiosity, and eventually opens the forbidden door, revealing the dead bodies of her husband’s pervious wives. Fearful, the protagonist plans to flee. However, she is stopped by the return of her husband from his trip. She ultimately escapes him, with assistance from her mother. <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sheets |first=Robin Ann |date=1991 |title=Pornography, Fairy Tales, and Feminism: Angela Carter’s “The Bloody Chamber” |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3704419 |journal=Journal of the History of Sexuality |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=633–657 |issn=1043-4070}}</ref> |
The story is told from the perspective of an unnamed young woman, who has recently married a rich man. She is enthralled by his wealth and attention, as well as the rush of a first romance. He then goes on a business trip, warning her not to open a certain door in his house. She is too overtaken by curiosity, and eventually opens the forbidden door, revealing the dead bodies of her husband’s pervious wives. Fearful, the protagonist plans to flee. However, she is stopped by the return of her husband from his trip. She ultimately escapes him, with assistance from her mother. <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sheets |first=Robin Ann |date=1991 |title=Pornography, Fairy Tales, and Feminism: Angela Carter’s “The Bloody Chamber” |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3704419 |journal=Journal of the History of Sexuality |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=633–657 |issn=1043-4070}}</ref> |
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“The Bloody Chamber” is a historical-fantasy short story published in 1979, written by English author Angela Carter. It centers on a retelling of the story of Bluebeard, and includes many themes relating to the objectification of women, flawed power dynamics, and sexuality. The short story was originally published in a collection titled The Bloody Chamber, which deconstructed common fairy tales. [1][2]
Synopsis
The story is told from the perspective of an unnamed young woman, who has recently married a rich man. She is enthralled by his wealth and attention, as well as the rush of a first romance. He then goes on a business trip, warning her not to open a certain door in his house. She is too overtaken by curiosity, and eventually opens the forbidden door, revealing the dead bodies of her husband’s pervious wives. Fearful, the protagonist plans to flee. However, she is stopped by the return of her husband from his trip. Just as he is about to hurt her, her mother arrives to the mansion. She ultimately escapes him, with assistance from her mother. [3]
