Abstract
“Bluebeard” criticism has constantly overlooked the presence, in some versions, of an old woman in the forbidden chamber. The ambiguity of this figure, helper of both victim and villain, points to the way the story highlights the various roles women have to play in the patriarchal world of the Märchen. If there is a message in these stories, it is about the importance of female communication and bonding in a patriarchal world where isolation too often leads to a woman becoming a victim.
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