Bluebeard thesis statement

It turns out the title character in Perrault's ''Bluebeard'' is as ugly on the inside as his blue beard makes him on the outside. In this cautionary tale, Bluebeard 's young wife learns the hard way to make sure curiosity doesn't get the best of you when disobeying her husband almost leads to her death.

Although not true of all versions of Bluebeard, Perrault’s recasting of the story intensifies its inherent theme of the fear of the unknown that marriage brought to young women who would be leaving home for the first time. This version differs from most others in that there is a happy ending.

This is doubly so when it comes to human physicality. The blueness of the bear is therefore connected to a theme linking his unnatural appearance with his unnatural behavior.

Learn more about her near-fatal marriage in this lesson, which will offer a summary and some analysis of Charles Perrault's 'Bluebeard'. Many fairy tales involve a hero or heroine who has to go through some kind of trial or test to prove they are worthy of their potential spouse.