The Oxford University Dictionary defines the word power as “authority or control” over an individual and knowledge as “ the sum of what is known. In Angela Carter's story, The Bloody Chamber (1979), knowledge and power are correlated. The more information a character has, the more authority they have. In The Bloody Chamber, Carter uses various literary techniques to express the importance of knowledge and power in the plot. This essay will analyze how Carter applies these literary techniques to the story to express the importance of knowledge and power. First, literary technique symbolism was used to represent power. The ruby ​​choker, given to the Bride by the Marquis, is a symbol of power. The Bride describes the choker as a “ruby choker, two inches wide, like an extraordinarily precious slit throat…shining like arterial blood.” This depiction is a useful method of representing the power of the Marquis as the necklace acts as a necklace. This means how the marquis behaves as the master of his bride. (why master?) An example of the Marquis expressing this power is when the Marquis takes the Bride's virginity. The Marquis tells the heroine to wear the choker before consummating their marriage; in relation to power, this shows how much the marquise has a right to her body. Additionally, the overwhelming presence of lilies in the bridal chamber represents the loss of virginity. The quote “[the mirrors] on the wall…reflected more white lilies than I had ever seen in my life” (p. 10-11). This shows the overwhelming image of lilies, because lilies actually connote death or loss, in the context of the story; it is the loss of the bride's virginity. In addition to this, the resemblance of the ...... middle of paper ...... to each other and will ultimately determine the fate of the characters in the story, especially that of the heroine. Works Cited Oxford University Press (2010) “knowledge” of Oxford dictionaries. Available at: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/knowledge (Accessed 13 December 2011). Oxford University Press (2010) Oxford Dictionaries “power”. Available at: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/power (Accessed December 13, 2011). (PDF quotes page 5 cited as web page with author) Fernandes, AR (2009/2010) “The Bloody Chamber” and “O Belo Adormecido”: intertextuality as an effective strategy for subverting conventions. Available at: http://ceh.ilch.uminho.pt/Pub_Ana_Raquel_Fernandes.pdf (Accessed 27 November 2011) (page 96 of the Google e-book) Roemer, DM and Bacchilega, C. (2000) Angela Carter and the Tale of fairies. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press.