So I definitely noticed the Bluebeard pattern in the two stories that we had to read for class today. I am also really glad that I read the Bluebeard's Egg story before I read The Bloody Chamber. If I had read them in the other way around I don't know if I would have figured it out. In Bluebeard's Egg not only is the main character focused on the Bluebeard story but the story becomes symbolic for her own life.
Then The Bloody Chamber is basically a retelling of the Bluebeard story in a slightly more modern France. At first when I started reading that story I didn't see the connection, but as I got further into it I found myself being able to predict exactly what would happen. I started to figure it out right after the newlyweds made it to the castle and I was certain by the time that the husband gave the main character his keys. In some ways knowing what the ending could be took some of the excitement out of the story, but in other ways it made the story more interesting for me. I'm glad we read these two stories together otherwise I wouldn't have liked either one as much.