“The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories” by Angela Carter is a collection of short stories written in the style of traditional fairy tales. The main thrust of these stories is the objectification of women. Carter uses the fairy tale style to explore female power, desire and sexuality and skillfully uses the fantasy setting to explore feminist ideas. Throughout these stories, the young women are portrayed as passive beings at the beginning of the stories, but it becomes clear in each that passivity is not celebrated in women. The first of these stories, "The Bloody Room" is based on the tale of Bluebeard in which his wife is not allowed to enter a particular room in the castle and then discovers the corpses of his wife. former wives. In this story, the Marquis discovers that his wife has entered the room and decides to kill her but with the help of his mother and the blind piano tuner, the Marquis is killed and the heroine inherits all his money . She gives up the estate and lives the rest of her life with her mother and the blind piano tuner. The following stories are cattails, the first two of which are based on Beauty and the Beast. The third is called “Puss in Boots”, a very funny play with the cat as narrator. Then there are three stories that are similar in theme in that the lovers are depicted as mortal partners and sex leads to death. Finally, the last three stories are werewolf stories loosely based on the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. Transformation is a common element in all of these stories. In fact, these stories are a reminder that human beings can change. In "The Court of Mr. Lyon" or "The Tiger's Bride", the heroine has difficulty experiencing herself as an individual rather than as an ob...... middle of paper ......her , as a symbol of purity. but also as a way of reflecting the dangers of objectification. Pricking your finger on a rose thorn, for example, reminds you that objectification hurts. Through the genre of fairy tales, Carter is able to present violence, power, and sexuality in a way that makes them feel like a normal part of existence. In fantasy, these characteristics are not called into question. They are accepted as part of history. Overall, in these fairy tales, Carter succeeds in conveying a feminist message and provides a counterargument to the moral message of traditional fairy tales in which young women were encouraged to remain obedient and pure. Unlike previous fairy tales, in these stories it is the act of straying from the path that brings about transformation and frees women from the bondage to which they have been subjected throughout history..