The Bloody Chamber Flashcards
Give the dates of the Marquis de Sade
1740-1814
Give a quote from Angela carter about passivity and virtue
Passivity is not an intrinsically virtuous state…especially in women
What does Angela carter say about Justine (the character from De sade’s novel Justine)
Justine marks the start of a kind of self-regarding female masochism
The Marquis de Sade was what
A libertine - a wealthy man who devotes himself to the pursuit of pleasure without concern for morality
When is the bloody chamber set?
1920s
What is the moral of the fairy tale Bluebeard (which the bloody chamber is based on)?
Curiosity is the most fleeting of pleasures…it always proves very, very expensive
What is the second moral of the Bluebeard fairy tale?
‘He’ll to the line as soon as she tells him to’
Who is the focaliser of the story and what is the form (give 2 descriptions of the form)
First person account
Retrospective (past tense)
The mother is the same/opposite to the daughter in the story
Opposite
Give 2 quote examples of an animalistic description for the character of the Marquis?
‘Dark mane’ and ‘dark leonine shape of his head’
Give a quote to show the Marquis is inscrutable?
He has a face ‘like a mask’
What are lilies conventionally associated with?
Funerals
Lilies are associated with which character in the story
The Marquis
The ruby choker was previously the property of who, and give its context
The grandmother of the Marquis - who wore it after the French Revolution as a sign of the fact that she was an aristocrat who hasn’t been killed
Give a quote about throats and the ruby choker
Choker ‘like an extraordinarily precious slit throat’
