Thesis Statements

A thesis statement should be specific, well-qualified and should be arguable.

Carter’s Bloody Chamber challenges the cautionary moral of the earlier Bluebeard tale by emphasizing the heroine’s resourcefulness, as well as by having her rescued by her mother instead of her brothers. This is in line with current cultural values of female empowerment and independence from men.

Maleficent rewrites The Sleeping Beauty myth in order to present a tale that emphasizes sisterhood and women helping women, instead of women being pitted against one another, which is a common trope in many earlier versions of this tale and others.