![]() ![]() "the lilies I always associate with him that are white. In The Bloody Chamber, the heroine tells us personally about how her suffering became the source of her enlightenment. Letting the heroine tell her story empowers the figure of woman by putting her in the traditionally male-dominated roles of storyteller and survivor instead of relegating her to the role of helpless princess. By giving the heroine a voice, Carter challenged the fairy-tale tradition of our seeing, from the outside, events befall an innocent girl. For example, unlike a traditional fairy-tale narrator, generally an impartial third person, this narrator is the heroine herself. However, draws away her story from the legend, Bluebeard, and from fairy tales in general through several features. Like Bluebeard, the Marquise entices each new wife to explore the forbidden chamber and then kills her once she has discovered his secret. ![]() Carter preserves the legend's plot, casting the Marquis in the role of Bluebeard, who kills his wives and stores their corpses in a secret chamber. "The Bloody Chamber" is based on the legend of Bluebeard. ![]()
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