The Bloody Chamber | Style
Point of View
One of the most striking changes Carter makes to her version of Bluebeard is the point of view. Whereas the traditional fairy tale has an omniscient, detached narrator, Carter's first-person narrator lends more psychological suspense to the story, since readers learn of her fear through her own thoughts, something that would not be possible with an impartial, third-person narrator. Though the events in ‘‘The Bloody Chamber’’ are similar to those in Bluebeard, that they are witnessed through the eyes of the female narrator gives the story a more feminist...
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