C LIT243- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 21 pages long!)

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Comparative Literature
• Course: C LIT243
• Professor: Braz Albert

Document Summary

Final exam readings: anatole france: (cid:498)the seven wives of bluebeard(cid:499) murderer into someone whom was genuine, loving and kind, simply experiencing tragic loss of his six wives, and finally, murdered by his 7th. Princesses and seeing the murdered bodied of the other 6 wives, she conspires to kill her husband with the help of her mother, sister, and two brothers before she suffers the same fate. This version, after having his first six wives driven away by tragic death, madness, drunkness, or betrayal, his final wife (jeanne) conspires to kill him with her lover (chevalier de la merlus). They plot this murder against the kind, old bluebeard in the cabinet of unfortunate princesses, A retelling of charles perrault(cid:495)s (cid:498)bluebeard(cid:499) reframing his character, originally a serial wife. He was supposed to be accompanied with jeanne(cid:495)s two brothers, however they were not there, they were with jeanne(cid:495)s sister, anne, trying to gain the courage to do the deed.