Commedia dell'arte is apparently a form of theatre characterised by masked types and begun in Italy in the 16th century. It was responsible for the advent of the actress and improvised performance based on sketches and scenarios.The stock characters which usually occurred were:
- The Servant
- The Master
- The Innamorati- the Lovers
For those who don't know stock characters are played very melodramatic and over exaggerated and their characteristics are usually based on the social stereotypes. Therefore stock characters can change over time and are very different in different cultures and societies. So yeah guess this links to Bloody Chamber as many of her characters can be seen to be stock characters e.g. beautiful woman who is a damsel in distress and needs to be rescued. However Carter does not make all of them stock character's such as the Mum in the Bloody Chamber due to her being a feminist and all.
