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The Bluebeard story that I enjoyed reading was "Bluebeard's Egg", by Margaret Atwood. I enjoyed reading this story because it was very different from the other stories. On this that was different from the other stories was, it was told in a different perspective than the other story's. Atwood told the story from the perspective of Sally, who is the wife of the hideous Edward/Ed (Bluebeard). Throughout the story, Ed's wife constantly be-little's him because he isn't romantic, sweet, and charming husband to complement her "princess" status throughout the story. Initially, Sally believes that Ed is a lame husband so to say which is the only way readers can view Ed because it is in point of view, but eventually she says, “Ed is a real person, with a lot more to him than these simplistic renditions allow for; which sometimes worries her”. Later on in the story readers can infer that what she thought she knew about Ed was wrong, and she is actually jealous. Sally thinks she see's her husband flirting with her best friend, Marylynn, who is active with several men who already have wives. Sally may also put these thought's into her own head because she is now Ed's third wife, I believe she is so nervous and jealous because she things she will become another one of Ed's ex wives. Since the story is told from only Sally's perspective it is hard for readers to know for sure whether the thought are just in her head or if they are actually real which is another reason I enjoyed reading this tale most.

This story is also different from the others in the things that occur throughout the story. For example, in the other Bluebeard tales, readers can infer that the stories tend to be violent and even end in murder, his wives come up missing when they attempt to leave because Bluebeard murders them all. This is different from Atwood's stories murder and violence is not present. In Atwood's stories there is more of a romantic jealously present rather than a violent, hideous husband.

Lastly, this story is different because at the end of the tale, Sally becomes a writer and writes about her husband. She compares her husband to an boiled egg, who is, "blank and pristine and lovely. Stupid, too. Boiled, probably. Sally smiles fondly" (Tatar, pg. 223). As you can, Sally loves her husband, but yet has resentment toward him as well because she feel as if he is not as loving, caring, and expressive as he should be and jealous gets the best of her. This tale reminds me of an old soap opera episode and it was very exciting to read which is why I enjoyed reading this tale most.