The female protagonist, though initially repulsed by the prospect of marriage to a man with a blue beard, is persuaded to marry him upon observing the scope of his wealth. Born into a wealthy bourgeois family, and as someone who worked closely with the French Minister of Finances for several years, Charles Perrault supported absolute royal power and upper class superiority Perrault’s agenda to reinforce conservative views, including the value and significance of class, is therefore clearly evident throughout Bluebeard. In Bluebeard Perrault explores the value of social status and wealth, and its correlation with capacity for contentment.
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