- powerful & evil suitor
- emphasise prohibition
- series of female victims
- a bias within academic scholars & against female start of story
SOCIETY
Based on Gilles de Rais? (real dude in 1440) - a common theory, but no provable evidence
-Writers try to connect to and exorcise crimes/redeem bluebeard
-similar tendencies found in mythological and socialogical things
WOMEN
bluebeard is not to blame. woman is [charming!] Gustave D'Orcay 1867, Watter Crae, Arthur Rackombe 1900ish }seduction/abandonment of duty of women.
LOCATION = a mystery. "Quasi pseudo erzat medieval german past. weird and eerie"
SOCIAL CONTEXT
Grimms locate story in a forest. Emphasis on a different family structure, female protagonist= sole woman, luebeard = altered: no reference to missing wives. Makes brides fear seem disproportionate. Grimms = fantastical throughout, not as realistic as Perrault. makes it timeless.
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