Luka Iwaki Discussion 5

I found Bluebeard amongst the other fairy tales we have read in the class to be amusing and interesting. The story follows the three sisters and the youngest sister’s husband, Duke Bluebeard. All the female protagonists in the stories we have read in the class have their curiosity bring them to near-death situations, or even to death himself. In Bluebeard, the sisters scatter through the castle to open all the doors using the keys Bluebeard gave them, and they opened the chamber Bluebeard told them not to do so. When Bluebeard comes back, he finds it out quick and chases her to make her meet the same fate as his wives of the past. If someone tells not to do something and when the protagonist does it, what follows is usually something that would change their lives forever; and in this case, a man with a odd blue beard whose personality is not known and one could only imagine the monstrous side of him from his looks, its probably in the best interest of the naive protagonists to do as what they are told. So in conclusion, curiosity and naiveness always gets taken advantage by the antagonists and this theme throughout the story resonates strong with me.