La Barbe bleue
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La Barbe bleue is a classic French fairy tale, most famously retold by Charles Perrault, about a wealthy nobleman with a blue beard who murders his wives and the young bride who discovers his secret.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Barbe bleue canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French fairy tale
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fairy tale ⓘ literary work ⓘ |
| antagonist | Bluebeard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Charles Perrault's Contes de ma mère l'Oye cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Charles Perrault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
contains a secret room filled with corpses
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features a serial wife-murderer ⓘ features a test of obedience ⓘ uses a magical or incriminating key ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | short prose tale ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | French ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Histoires ou contes du temps passé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
fairy tale
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folk tale ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Barbe-bleue (opéra bouffe by Jacques Offenbach)
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Bluebeard (opera by Paul Dukas) NERFINISHED ⓘ Bluebeard's Castle (opera by Béla Bartók) NERFINISHED ⓘ ballet adaptations ⓘ numerous film adaptations ⓘ numerous stage adaptations ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gothic literature depictions of murderous husbands
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later Bluebeard variants in European folklore ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | French literary fairy tale tradition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bluebeard
NERFINISHED
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Bluebeard's young wife ⓘ |
| moral | Curiosity and disobedience can be dangerous but resourcefulness and courage can save one from peril. ⓘ |
| motif |
forbidden door or room
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murdered wives ⓘ rescue at the last moment ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| plotElement |
forbidden chamber
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key stained with blood ⓘ rescue by the heroine's brothers ⓘ threat of execution ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A wealthy nobleman with a blue beard forbids his new wife to open one room in his castle; she disobeys and discovers the murdered bodies of his previous wives. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Bluebeard's young wife ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Cinderella
NERFINISHED
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Little Red Riding Hood NERFINISHED ⓘ Puss in Boots NERFINISHED ⓘ Sleeping Beauty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
curiosity
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disobedience ⓘ female agency ⓘ forbidden knowledge ⓘ marriage ⓘ violence against women ⓘ |
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