In this interesting collection of short stories we see Angela Carter alter our perceptions on otherwise innocent fairy tales. She takes images that as children we have grown up with and adds a twist unlike any other until the original story becomes a forgotten myth. Her sometimes gory and erotic text unravels the tales in a way where feminism, gothic times and horrific imagery shine through beginning from simple childhood stories entwined with morals. This particular passage that I have chosen to study brings these ideas to light, allowing one to understand Carter's intention. With her dramatic use of language, her vivid imagery and her intriguing twists, we can gain another opinion of society and morals.
This particular passage from the "Bloody Chamber" is where the young girl goes to the opera with her husband to be, then going on to the next day when they are married. "In this she extends the life and richness of the fable form itself partly through language that is both pellucid and sensual, but chiefly through imagination of such Ariel reach that she can glide from ancient to modern, from darkness to luminosity, from depravity to comedy without any hint of strain and without losing the elusive power of the original tale." This quote accurately describes the essence of Carter's writing technique as the following essay will prove. The tale is of a man "Blue Beard", married three times, each time the wife "mysteriously" dies, he moves on to a young girl, who marries him, he goes away and gives her the keys to every door the house, allowing her to do what she will with them but for one door which she must not enter, her burning curiosity causes her to do just that, where she finds the three previous wives, he returns and tries to kill her for opening the door, she is saved by her mother and lives to tell the tale. The passage I am studying looks deeper into this idea that she is not aware of "love" itself and is merely in love with the riches and ideas that surround her when she is with him.
