History Literature / TheBloodyChamber

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: GenreSavvy Puss-in-Boots is well-aware of this trope and suggests that the best way to woo an unattainable woman is to "convince her her orifice will be your salvation, and she's yours!"

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted in "The Lady In The House Of Love" - the hero's virginity is mentioned several times, and hinted to give him VirginPower.

* AllMenArePerverts: A common theme in Carter's stories, but taken to an extreme in "The Snow Child". There is a very unpleasant scene in which a [[spoiler: dead adolescent girl is violently raped by a sobbing man]], just because he can. It is awful.

* [[spoiler: FullyEmbracedFiend: "The Tiger's Bride" ends with the female protagonist willingly transforming into a tiger herself.]]

* LighterAndSofter: If this trope can apply within a work, then "Puss-in-Boots" fits, being a Restoration sex comedy amidst mostly Gothic horror. "The Courtship of Mr. Lyon" is also not a horror story.
* [[spoiler: LoveRedeems: A surrogate-maternal version of this occurs at the end of "Wolf-Alice", wherein Alice's act of kindness toward the Duke heals his soul and allows him to regain his reflection.]]

* The eponymous story is a retelling of "Literature/{{Bluebeard}}".

* [[spoiler: LoveRedeems: A surrogate-maternal version of this occurs at the end of "Wolf-Alice", wherein Alice's act of kindness toward the Duke heals his soul and allows him to regain his reflection]].

* "The Werewolf" and "TheCompanyOfWolves" are takes on "Literature/LittleRedRidingHood" [[RecycledINSPACE ...with werewolves!]]

* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted in "The Lady In The House Of Love" - the hero's virginity is mentioned several times, and hinted to give him VirginPower.
* BigDamnHeroes: The heroine's mother in "The Bloody Chamber". Also serves as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* HumanoidAbomination: The Erl-King could be argued to be this. Appearing as a peculiar green tree-like man that represents the feral side of humanity, he has a tendency to [[spoiler: kidnap young girls, rape them and [[BalefulPolymorph transform them into songbirds]]]], as well as being able to control the forest and its inhabitants. He is also [[CompleteMonster not a nice guy]].

* {{Adorkable}}: In "The Courtship of Mr. Lyon", the eponymous Mr Lyon has shades of this. After years of seclusion, he painfully socially awkward and all the sweeter for it. {{YMMV}}, though, as he is a huge anthropomorphic lion.

A {{short story}} anthology by AngelaCarter based around the [[{{Grimmification}} gothic retelling]] of old {{fairy tale}}s.

* "The Courtship of Mr. Lyon" and "The Tiger's Bride" are based on "BeautyAndTheBeast".

* "Wolf-Alice" has elements of "BeautyAndTheBeast", "Literature/LittleRedRidingHood" and ''AliceInWonderland''.

* AllMenArePerverts: A common theme in Carter's stories, but taken to an extreme in "The Snow Child". There is a very unpleasant scene in which a [[spoiler: dead adolescent girl is violently raped by a sobbing man]] because he can. It is awful.

* HumanoidAbomination: The Erl-King could be argued to be this. Appearing as a peculiar green tree-like man that represents feral side of humanity, he has a tendency to [[spoiler: kidnap young girls, rape them and [[BalefulPolymorph transform them into songbirds]]]], as well as being able to control the forest and its inhabitants. He is also [[CompleteMonster not a nice guy]].

* HumanoidAbomination: The Erl-King could be argued to be this. Appearing as a peculiar green man that represents feral side of humanity, he has a tendency to [[spoiler: kidnap young girls and [[BalefulPolymorph transform them into songbirds]]]], as well as being able to control the forest and its inhabitants. He is also [[CompleteMonster not a nice guy]].

* "Wolf-Alice" has elements of ''AliceInWonderland'', "BeautyAndTheBeast" and "Literature/LittleRedRidingHood".

* "The Erl-King" is based of the legend of "Literature/TheErlKing".

* "Puss-In-Boots" is a bawdy commedia piece.
* "The Erl-King" is based of the legend of ''Literature/TheErlKing''.
* "The Lady in the House of Love" is "SleepingBeauty" [[RecycledINSPACE ...with vampires!]]

* "Wolf-Alice" has elements of ''AliceInWonderland'', "BeautyAndTheBeast" and "LittleRedRidingHood".

!!Contains examples of:
* {{Adorkable}} - In The Courtship of Mr. Lyon, the titular Mr Lyon has shades of this. After years of seclusion, he painfully socially awkward and all the sweeter for it. {{YMMV}}, though, as he is a huge anthropomorphic lion.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys - GenreSavvy Puss-in-Boots is well-aware of this trope and suggests that the best way to woo an unattainable woman is to "convince her her orifice will be your salvation, and she's yours!"
* AllMenArePerverts: - A common theme in Carter's stories, but taken to an extreme in the Snow Child. There is a very unpleasant scene in which a [[spoiler: dead adolescent girl is violently raped by a sobbing man]] because he can. It is awful.
* AManIsNotAVirgin - Averted in "The Lady In The House Of Love" - the hero's virginity is mentioned several times,and hinted to give him VirginPower
* BigDamnHeroes - the heroine's mother in ''The Bloody Chamber''. Also serves as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
* CompleteMonster: Bluebeard. Just Bluebeard.
* DisappearedDad - in ''The Bloody Chamber''

* HumanoidAbomination - The Erl-King could be argued to be this. Appearing as a peculiar green man that represents feral side of humanity, he has a tendency to [[spoiler: kidnap young girls and [[BalefulPolymorph transform them into songbirds]]]], as well as being able to control the forest and its inhabitants. He is also [[CompleteMonster not a nice guy]].
* LighterAndSofter - if this trope can apply within a work, then ''Puss-in-boots'' fits, being a Restoration sex comedy amidst mostly Gothic horror- ''The Courtship of Mr. Lyon'' is also not a horror story
* MamaBear - The heroine's mother in ''The Bloody Chamber''.
* MissingMom - ''The Courtship of Mr Lyon'' and ''The Tiger's Bride''
* OurVampiresAreDifferent - in ''The Lady in the House of Love''
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent - in several stories
* ParentalAbandonment - crops up a lot in the form of MissingMom and DisappearedDad
* RetiredBadass - The heroine's mother in ''The Bloody Chamber''. She had already dealt with pirates, nursed back to health a plague ravaged village, and singelhandedly shot and killed a maneating tiger, all before she was even ''18''. She comes out of retirement at the very end of the story.
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* MamaBear - in ''The Bloody Chamber''.

* "The Snow-Child" is "SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs", minus the dwarfs.
* "The Werewolf" and "TheCompanyOfWolves" are takes on "LittleRedRidingHood" [[RecycledINSPACE ...with werewolves!]]

* "The Erl-King" is based of the legend of the Literature/ErlKing.

* HumanoidAbomination - The Erl-King could be argued to be this. Appearing as a peculiar green man that represents humanities feral side, he has a tendency to [[spoiler: kidnap young girls and [[BalefulPolymorph transform them into songbirds]]]], as well as being able to control the forest and its inhabitants.

A short story anthology by AngelaCarter based around the gothic retelling of old fairytales.

* The eponymous story is a retelling of ''{{Bluebeard}}''.
* ''The Courtship of Mr. Lyon'' and ''The Tiger's Bride'' are based on ''BeautyAndTheBeast''.
* ''Puss-In-Boots'' is a bawdy commedia piece.
* ''The Erl-King'' is based of the legend of the Erl-King.
* ''The Lady in the House of Love'' is ''SleepingBeauty'' [[RecycledINSPACE ...with vampires!]]
* ''The Snow-Child'' is ''SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', minus the dwarfs.
* ''The Werewolf'' and ''TheCompanyOfWolves'' are takes on ''LittleRedRidingHood'' [[RecycledINSPACE ...with werewolves!]]
* ''Wolf-Alice'' has elements of ''AliceInWonderland'', ''BeautyAndTheBeast'' and ''LittleRedRidingHood''.

* {{Adorkable}} - In the Courtship of Mr Lyon, the titular Mr Lyon has shades of this. After years of seclusion, he painfully socially awkward and all the sweeter for it. {{YMMV}}, though, as he is a huge anthropomorphic lion.