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 short story The Bloody Chamber (1979) knowledge and power are related to each other. The more information a character has, the greater his authority. In The Bloody Chamber Carter uses a variety of 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, the symbolism of literary technique was used to represent power. The ruby ​​necklace, given to the Bride by the Marquis, is a symbol of power. The Bride describes the choker as a "choker of rubies, two inches wide, like a cut throat exceedingly precious... brilliant as arterial blood." This depiction is a useful method to represent the Marquis's power because the necklace acts as a collar. This signifies how the Marquis acts as the master of his Bride. (Why master?) An example of how the Marquis expresses 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 the marquis has the right to his body. Furthermore, the predominant 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” (pp. 10-11). This shows the overbearing image of lilies because lilies actually connote death or loss, in the context of the story; this is the loss of the Bride's virginity. In addition to that, the similarity of the...... half of the card...... to each other and ultimately determines the fate of the characters in the story, especially the fate of the heroine. Works Cited Oxford University Press ( 2010) Oxford “knowledge” 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: 13 December 2011). (PDF citations page 5 cited as web page with author) Fernandes, AR (2009/2010) “The Bloody Chamber” and “O Belo Adormecido”: intertextuality as an effective strategy to subvert conventions. Available at: http://ceh.ilch.uminho.pt/Pub_Ana_Raquel_Fernandes.pdf (Accessed: 27 November 2011)(Google ebook page 96) Roemer, D. M. and Bacchilega, C. (2000) Angela Carter and the Fairy Tale . Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press.