Atwood's Bluebeard's Egg is a narrative that supports the theme of perception being a human characteristic which only presents the truth the particular person wants to believe. The first evidence of this appears in Sally's description of Edward, her husband, who by her thoughts is a "dumb blond" that need her protection and intelligence to survive. "At set intervals an angel appears, bringing him food. That's fine with Ed who hardly notices what he eats, …showed first 75 words of 676 total…

…showed last 75 words of 676 total…new concepts from the roots of our very own creation. This also compares to the ways in which our engagement with a text, the act of reading literature, corresponds to "reading" reality. Atwood's story suggests that in both instances, "guesswork" or "intuition" is as fundamental as close analysis. But whether our interpretation of the story is intuitive or analytical, the outcome is an unending quest after an illusory truth because nothing is what it seems.