... of original sin when exploring their character's temptation; as Yunnan Chen writes, 'The overarching religious motifs add to the oppressive themes and perverted retelling of the Adam and Eve tale'28. This is seen when the protagonist is in possession of the key, on condition that it remains inoperative, 'use all the keys on the ring except that last ... be examined through acts of sin and punishment, principles portrayed in the Coleridge poems, Dracula and The Bloody Chamber. Based originally on the novel Bluebeard by Charles Perrault, where the 'cautionary tale assumes a male...

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