2.Carter writes, there is a striking resemblance between the act of love and the ministrations of a torturer (27). Explain the analogy.

4.Why do you think Jean-Yves, the girls second husband, is blind? Why is that important?

5.When thinking about her new husband (the marquis), the young wife admits: I lay in bed alone. And I longed for him. And he disgusted me (22). Why the contradiction? What does this reveal about the young wife?

7.After marrying the marquis, the young wife thinks to herself, to think he might have chosen me because, in my innocence, he sensed a rare talent for corruption (20). What does this mean?

8.In the final scene, when the young wifes life is in the hands of the marquis, she notes: when he raised his head and stared at me with his blind, shuttered eyes as though he did not recognize me, I felt a terrified pity for him, for this man who lived in such strange, secret places that, if I loved him enough to follow him, I should have to die. The atrocious loneliness of that monster! (35). Analyze why she feels pity for him.

10.At the end of the story, the girl narrates, No paint nor powder, no matter how thick or white, can mask that red mark on my forehead; I am glad he [her new husband] cannot see it not the fear of his revulsion, since I know he sees me clearly with his heart but, because it spares my shame (41). First, answer what the red mark symbolizes. Then, analyze why the girl would feel shame.

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in Carter's "The Bloody Chamber"