The Bloody Chamber Short Essay - Answer Key

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The Bloody Chamber Short Essay - Answer Key

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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1. Describe the young girl.

Carter describes the young as slim, beautiful with mousy brown hair. She is simply a romantic and naive 17 year old.

2. Describe the marquis.

The narrator describes the Marquis as an older, heavyset man with a beard and leontide head. Unlike the girl, he is very experienced yet she claims this experience shows in his manner rather than his appearance.

3. What do you know about Marquis's from other popular fiction?

Because of their rich upbringing, the Marquis' are often represented as men with a lot of time on their hands. With all the money they have their time is spent fulfilling their deepest desires. For example the Marquis de Sade.

4. Why is it significant that the Marquis smells of Russian leather?

This gives the Marquis an exotic quality that perhaps the young wife could not associate him with if she connected him entirely to her homeland in France. It suggests that he has traveled and in his travels has seen a lot more than the young wife could ever dream.

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