Bloody Chamber Ideas

Question 1

Fairytales

Answer 1

Carter interweaves existing stories with her new ones, inviting the reader to question the purpose of these tales and assumptions about social and individual behaviour.

Question 2

Gender and power

Answer 2

Carter explores issues of class and power in older and current societies, with particular emphasis on female sexuality and independence.

Question 3

Gothic

Answer 3

“The Bloody Chamber” can be seen as a Gothic text: features include the supernatural, extreme emotions and sensations and typically medieval castles and woods hiding horror and fear.

Question 4

Marxism

Answer 4

Carter is interested in social change and individual empowerment, so her tales explore class, politics, social conventions and morality.

Question 5

Post modernism

Answer 5

Carter is interested in how people understand a complex and uncertain world, so her tales explore the ambiguity, language and subversion of conventions.

Question 6

Psychoanalytical

Answer 6

Monstrosity can be seen as a supernatural element representing repressed and hidden desires

Question 7

Rational glass

Answer 7

Used in wolf Alice
Isn’t as monstrous as society makes out
Represents genuine humanity and stripping back to the core