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Getting what one wants is presented as much more important then being good’ To what extent and in what ways, does your reading of the bloody chamber collection support  

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'Getting what one wants is presented as much more important then being good' To what extent and in what ways, does your reading of the bloody chamber collection support this view? Introduction: Carter stretches the limits of what is good and what is morally right, challenging the social conventions of the 1970s. Fairy tales where traditionally used to acts as cautionary tales for young women, showing them how to behave in later life. Carter's follow a similar idea, with new lessons for new generations of women in what can be seen as a didactic text. Her characters are as shocking and explicit as her writing and through their taboo actions Carter is asking her readers whether they are being good or merely just concerned with their own self-gratification. First Paragraph: What is 'being good' to Carter? Point- this is a statement that carter gave in an interview and I would quote this somewhere...

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