Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 204 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing/reading on a weekly basis in an informal forum.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
"The Bloody Chamber"
I come back again on the first story about the marquis who has the habit of killing his wives. I try to look at the reference to the feminist movement. The young girl in Carter's version was discovering with us her husband. It felt like she was forced to marry him. This start make us wonder why did she marry a complete stranger. Looking at the year the first version was written 1697 girls in general or most of them at that time did not choose their husband. They were married in the interest of her family and it usually for financial reasons. So this fairy tale as for me puts forward the dilemma that young girls at that time encountered. It chows consequence of such custom because the young girl seem to have everything she wants but not the essential which is hapiness. Not having it could become fatal. This issue is well disguised into this tale. It confirms the idea that fairy tales are a critic of society.
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