The Tale
of Bluebeard:
"There
was once a man who had fine houses, both in town and in country" - AKA the Marquis in TBC with his
castle, links also to trips to larger cities in America
"A deal
of Silver" - Shows
the wealth of both Bluebeard and The Marquis
"Gold plate, embroidered furniture, and
coaches gilded all over with gold" - The extravagance within
Bluebeard life, as well as The Marquis' who has 'Impeccable Linens" and
various paintings, jewels, gold bath taps and large chambers.
"He had already
been married to several wives, and nobody knew what had become of them" -
The Marquis has three previous wives, none of which the bodies were ever found
after their deaths, the daughters of Bluebeards neighbours don't want to marry
him for this fact; something the female protagonist in TBC thinks about, and
almost obsesses over at the beginning of the story.
In TBC the
protagonist "ceased to be her (mothers) child in becoming his wife" a
reality that the two daughters in Bluebeards story didn't want to face.
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