The Bloody Chamber Quotes Flashcards
1
Q
“The more I scrubbed the key, the more vivid grew the stain”
“I saw the heart-shaped stained had transferred itself to my forehead”
A
Pg33/Pg36
Possible interpretations:
The stain is a symbol of the narrator’s unforgivable disobedience
A magical element to the story, typical of a fairytale
Links to the suggestion of sin through association with the mark of Cain
