However, Carter realizes that this proof, much like in the tale of Arabian Nights, is not enough to prove innocence to the Marquis, as he tests her anyway because he senses a ‘potential for corruption’ in her.
This is one of part the latent content which Carter decided to make manifest she plays on the fact that the Marquis chose his wife as he was drawn to her ‘innocence’, claiming that she would have been the first of his wives to give him the choice of showing his ‘interested tenants such a flag’ (referring to the bloody sheets, which were proof of her virginity). The story Bluebeard, is said to share notable plot lines with older works, the most prominent being Arabian Nights, were a Persian King kills his wives because of his lack of faith in their innocence. It is very easy for readers in the present to interpret Bluebeard’s purpose in giving the key to the chamber to his wife and his warning against going into the chamber was to test his wife’s loyalty.
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