This question relates to Angela Carter’s “The Bloody Chamber.”
1. Read the Perrault original (linked from overview page) of “Bluebeard” and find one or two significant changes that Carter has made to the story. What effect or point do you think she was trying to achieve with these changes?
2. Find out something about St. Cecelia. What does knowledge of this intertextual allusion add to your reading of the story?
