Blue Beard, a Fairy Tale

Blue beard (French: La Barbe bleue) is a very famous classic fairy tale
written by Charles Perrault. Bluebeard is a wealthy aristocrat, feared and
shunned because of his ugly, blue beard. He has been married several times,
but no one knows what became of his wives. He is therefore avoided by the
local girls. When Bluebeard visits one of his neighbours and asks to marry one
of his two daughters, the girls are terrified, and each tries to pass him on
to the other. Eventually he talks the younger daughter into visiting him, and
after hosting a wonderful banquet, he persuades her to marry him. After the
ceremony, she goes to live with him in his castle. Very shortly after,
Bluebeard announces that he must leave the country for a while; he gives all
the keys of the château to his new wife, telling her they open the doors to
rooms which contain his treasures. He tells her to use the keys freely and
enjoy herself whilst he is away. However, he also gives her the key to one
small room beneath the castle, stressing to her that she must not enter this
room under any circumstances. She vows she will never enter the room. He then
goes away and leaves the house in her hands. Immediately, she is overcome with
the desire to see what the forbidden room holds; and, despite warnings from
her visiting sister, Anne, the girl abandons her guests during a house party
and takes the key to the room...