The Bloody Chamber Pg. 36
"...I saw the heart-shaped stain had transferred itself to my forehead, to the space between my eyebrows, like the caste mark of a brahmin woman. Or the mark of Cain."
I find it interesting that this story has all of these biblical allusions, but it's so dirty! I like how the story made a reference to Cain with the stain because it ties into the husbands brutality and murderous nature.However, I don't like that she is viewed as a sinner, when all she did was look in the chamber. I felt terrible for the poor girl! Even just imagining myself in her situation is terrifying enough! It's odd that her husband is condeming her as Cain as if he were God, when he is the one corrupt with sin and murder. Overall this story was unsettling, but I will say that Angela Carter wrote the story well enough to keep me on my toes.
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