The story of Bluebeard was very interesting and provided a you a view of the evil that some men carry towards women. He was a cold hearted man who killed his wives if they betrayed him in any way. He was described as a very intimidating and ugly man. Which leads me to believe that he was described that way to show that he was the villain of the tale.The women in this story did not stand a chance on their own and this story presents that in the end of the tale. His last wife is mesmerized by the fact that he is rich and has all these material things that she disregards his looks and personality. In Perrault's version of Bluebeard he describes how he takes the mother and her three daughters and shows them a great time so that he can somewhat convince one of the daughters to marry him. Bluebeard already knew how he was gonna trap one of them he just wasn't sure which one was gonna fall for this trap.
Once he does this he goes on to the biggest test ever. He gives his wives access to the entire home and keys to all the rooms including the forbidden room. This is to test if they are obedient wives because obedience was very important to Bluebeard and trust was another very important trait his wife had to have. But like all creatures of nature she became curious and like they say curiosity killed the cat. She betrays his trust and takes the bait. She finds all of his previous wives dead in the forbidden room. He ends up coming home early and finding out that she disobeyed him and wants to kill her. Here comes the characteristics of most of the women in fairytales. She becomes a damsel in distress and needs to be rescued from the fate that she brought onto herself do to her curiosity. Her brothers (males) have to come to her rescue. This story does not present any signs of a woman who is willing to fight for herself and get out of this terrible situation which she provokes herself.
Bluebeard's wife in this story goes through a huge temptation. She is told not to do something and can't resist the temptation to find out why it is so forbidden. This temptation is close in relation with the story of Adam and Eve. Eve was instructed not to touch any of the fruits that were on the forbidden tree. Eve had a hard time resisting this temptation and she paid for it and so did Adam who she managed to convince. The difference between these stories is that Bluebeard's wife consequence was altered by her brothers. Instead Bluebeard was punished and killed. He died exactly the same way he killed his other wives. His wife was lucky and instead of really being punished due to her curiosity she was rewarded at the end of the tale with all of Bluebeard's estate and assets. So although she was tempted like Eve, Bluebeard's wife punishment was not severe as Eve's was. Eve pleaded for forgiveness and she was not forgiven unlike Bluebeard's wife where she was not forgiven by Bluebeard but she was still rescued. She falls under the category of all the other tales where the women are rescued and their fate ends better then they thought. This story follows the same plan that is set out for the other stories. The villain eventually falls and the damsel in distress is always saved by either a prince or simply just a man.
