Billy Ray Blog #7
I would have to say I enjoyed the Brothers Grimm version of the tale of Bluebeard the most out of the five that we read, which was called Fitcher’s Bird . I think that this was because this version is straight forward and easy to understand since it was similar to some of the tales we have already read. The tale slightly reminded me of The Pig King and Little Red Riding Hood , which we read earlier this semester. It reminded me of The Pig King because of the use and repetition of the sisters. The first two sisters die at the hand of the man they marry, but the third sister manages to disrupt the cycle of chaos by obeying the man or deceiving the man into thinking that she would obey him. The tale reminded me of Little Red Riding Hood because of the deception used by the third sister at the end, much like LRRH deceives the wolf at the end of some of the LRRH tales we have read. In the Brothers Grimm tale, Bluebeard is a sorcerer who disguises himself as a be