Alan Dundes defines the subject of Bloody Mary in a standard way while sketching a psychoanalytic theory to explain the folklore. His analysis utilizes the application of Freud’s tenets of folklore epilogue to make sense from nonsense. His analysis challenges readers to draw insight from psychoanalytic to understand the folklore that governs their society. In Bloody Mary‘s analysis, Dundes interprets the ritual to be an adolescent celebration of the onset of monthly periods. The mirror bleeding is hypothetically portrayed as a sort of self-image. He explains that the oozing cut of Mary’s forehead is a connotation of menstruation.
The author’s genuine standard can give a general insight into the ritual of bloody Mary. I concur with the analysis of Dundes on Blood Mary analysis; his strong argumentation provides a better understanding of the folklore. Many myths and stories are told that try to explain why this ritual is performed, and bloody Mary is chanted three times.
Some say that bloody Mary was killed and her child was taken, so if people perform the ritual and chant her name three times, she will appear and kill her wrongdoers’ think this was a tactic meant to scare wrongdoers, but this did not provide a major explanation about the folklore. Dundes’ analysis provides a deeper insight into the folklore as he provides answers to its questionable occurrence.