The Bloody Chamber

Question 1

how it must have been my __________ that __________ him // ___________ country of ________ // ‘there is a __________ resemblance between the ___ of ______ and the ministrations of a torturer’

Answer 1

innocence, captivated // unguessable, marriage // striking, act, love
Narrator
Her payment and now she feels cheap as virginity is gone in a moment, echoes 19th Century view of marriage as ‘legal prositution’ - Carter was v interested by this, men’s desires for women - vestal virgin one of the gothic stereotypes of women (Elizabeth) // Hamlet reference - link death & marriage

Question 2

My little ___ has found her _________ _____, has she?

Answer 2

nun, prayer, books
Marquis
Shocking, blasphemy shows his devotion - it’s his religion, explores sexualisation of women by men - their innocence by women and lust by men

Question 3

pure ______ in his _____ mane // leo______

Answer 3

silver, dark // leonine
Narrator
comparison to a lion - predator, enhances bestial nature of Marquis - leonine is an 18th century term, explores gothic element of animal imagery and supernatural

Question 4

___________ lilies // sentient __________ // the _______ I always _________ with him; that _____ ___ _____. And _______ you.

Answer 4

funereal // vegetable // lilies, associate, they are white, stain
Narrator
suggests cold detachment // lilies are motif for death over traditional meaning of innocence and virtue (corrupted by Marquis like she is)

Question 5

lovely, ________ _____________ ….somewhere __ ___ _______

Answer 5

blind, humanity, in my breast
Narrator
Juxtaposes the stereotypical view of men in stories. Contrast in feelings of the Marquis - what love is, v gentle imagery.
Feminist notion of the ‘male gaze’

Question 6

I _______ in myself a ___________ for corruption that _____ my ______ _____ // in my __________, he sensed a ____ talent for ____________ // great pistons ________________ _________ // certain ________ _______

Answer 6

sensed, potentiality, took, breath, away // innocence, rare, corruption // ceaselessly thrusting // queasy craving
Narrator
Something has wakened inside her (sexual desire), appealing danger of the unknown // phrase motif - desire for corruption that he has unlocked // women also have desires as well as men - not so innocent.

Question 7

I was both the _________ and the __________

Answer 7

inmate, prisoner

dual role

Question 8

A dozen _________ _______ a ______ brides

Answer 8

husbands impladed, dozen
Narrator
horrible, mirrors intensify - key motif - emphasises the Marquis’ objectification of the Narrator as a living pornographic image

Question 9

A dozen _________ _______ a ______ brides

Answer 9

husbands impladed, dozen
Narrator
horrible, mirrors intensify - key motif - emphasises the Marquis’ objectification of the Narrator as a living pornographic image