Bluebeard x 3

After reading both the “Robber Bridegroom” and the “Fitcher’s Bird”, and watching the movie, “Bluebeard”, I have come to the conclusion that the story of Bluebeard is very distrurbed. Things in all three versions that are similar are, how in each version the groom-to-be left on a trip and left a small key to a forbidden room to the bride-to-be. Another similarity is how in each version, the egg or key gets stained by blood and that’s how her fate is determined. In both versions, the groom-to-be dies at the end for his crimes, and in each version the bride-to-be gets curious and enters the forbidden room. 

The things in each version that are different are, in both book versions, the future groom gives the girls a key and an egg to watch, while in the film there is only a key. In the film, the groom is called Bluebeard and has a bluebeard, and in the “Robber Bridegroom”, he is a robber and there is a gang of them, while in “Fitcher’s Bird” he was a sorcerer. In the “Fitcher’s Bird”, the man murdered two out of the three daughters, and the third daughter was smarter and brought her sisters back to life, and killed the sorcerer. In the “Robber Bridegroom”, the young bride was saved by the old woman who helped her escape and outsmart the robber gang. In the film, “Bluebeard”, the bride is destined to die, but buys herself time by praying upstairs until the musketeers arrive and kill Bluebeard. Each of these versions has something unique about them. In the film, the musketeers arrive and behead Bluebeard, in the “Robber Bridegroom”, the bride produces the finger with the ring on it to prove that her husband is crazy, and in the “Fitcher’s Bird”, there are three daughters instead of just one girl like the other two versions. I liked the “Robber Bridegroom” version the most, because I found it comical when she outwitted her husband, and waited until her wedding day to expose him in front of all the guests.