...To most people, the tale of Little Red Riding Hood is a familiar one and Charles Perrault’s version is the most familiar. A moral tale against idleness and disobedience, this classic has stood the test of time. Less familiar to readers is Angela Carter’s “The Company of Wolves.” A dark retelling, Carter’s version is more an exploration of coming-of-age sexuality and a young woman discovering her own wildness than a cautionary tale against strangers and “gentle wolves” (Perrault 1576). While in Perrault’s story, Red and her granny are eaten by the beast due to Red’s idlness and in Carter’s story, we see Red’s willing surrender to the wolf, both tales deal with the burgeoning sexuality of a young girl. Charles Perrault begins his tale of Red Riding Hood with a glowing description of the young woman as “the prettiest creature who was ever seen” (1574), and the little red riding cape her grandmother made for her. The imagery evoked by the red cape for most readers is one of familiarity. As children, many watched as that little red cape traipsed across Saturday morning cartoons with carefree bliss. Conversely, that red cape serves as a beacon in the forest, a brilliant splash of primary color in a neutral world, almost guaranteeing the notice of the predator that awaits her. The wolf has no chance to miss his target, as she blazes with color through his domain. Upon their first encounter in the woods, Red has no fear of the wolf. Perrault states she “did not know it was dangerous...
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...Little Red Riding Hood in a Different Light “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perault and “The company of wolves” by Angela Carter is based on the same story but has stark contrasts displayed in them. Both these stories also present the same theme basically but in different versions and manners that reaches out to two different audiences. When the first story by Perault is child-like innocent, the other version by Angela Carter is comprehensible by adults only. The time periods both these stories have been written also contributes to the variations in the story line. The stories written by these two people give a completely different view on the fairytale “Little Red Riding Hood”. It is interesting to note how the story was modified from its original shape and form to fit the age and time that Carter’s “Company of Wolves” was written. In the first story by Charles Perault, Little Red Riding Hood (LRR) depicts the traditional little girl and moral, who was foolish and was deceived by a wolf. This is by far the most ancient version written of this story. LRR is presented as a pretty young girl, who was naïve and gullible. She was also shown as an obedient girl who loved the little things in life. In this version, the girl was supposed to be around six-eight years old, and was aimed to target the little girls of that age who read the story. In this version we also see that the, story is pretty direct. It puts forth the plot of the story directly to the audience and...
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...Little Red Riding Hood Little Red Riding Hood is a rebellious little girl who never listens to anyone. She lives with her mother in a big house close to the forest. One fine day, her mother called her and said, “ Grandma is ill. Take this basket of fruits and give it to her. Take care of her. Do not use the forest way, it’s not safe!” Little Red Riding Hood nodded. Despite being told not to, she cycled into the forest as she didn’t want to take the long route. As she was lost in thought, she didn’t realize she almost hit a big wolf. She stopped and looked at him. Where are you headed my dear? It’s not safe for a little girl to be out in the forest alone.” He said with a hungry look. “To my grandmother’s house. ” She said pointing to a cottage not far away. The wolf came up with a devious plan to distract her so he could go to her grandmothers’ house and eat her. “ You should get her flowers.” He said. “ Oh, that’s a good idea.” She said as she made her way towards the flowers. The wolf took this as an opportunity to head over to grandma’s house. After picking the flowers, she made her way to her grandmother’s cottage only to find the door wide open and the wolf sitting on the bed with an evil look on his face and blood splattered all over the bed. “What did you do to grandma?” she cried. “ Thanks to you, I ate her and now I’m going to eat you.” He said as he shut the door and made his way towards her. She realized it was her fault that it happened...
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...The Little Red Riding Hood Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a village by the forest. The little girl loved wearing a red cloak and hood that her mother made for her, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood. One day, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go and visit her sick grandmother. Her mother agreed and packed a nice basket for her to take to her grandmother. On the way, a wolf who wanted to eat her up but afraid to do so in public approached her. He was friendly and asked her where she was going. She naively told him where she was going. He suggested her to pick some flowers for her grandmother, which she did. In the meantime, the wolf cleverly took a shortcut and rushed towards the grandmother's house. He gained entry by pretending to be Little Red Riding Hood. He swallowed the grandmother whole. He dressed himself like the grandmother and waited for Little Red Riding Hood to come in. When Little Red Riding Hood arrived at her grandmother's home, she noticed that her grandmother looked very strange. She gave comments about her looks. She then realized that a hungry wolf was in the bed. The wolf swallowed her whole, too. A wood cutter came to the rescue and cut the wolf open. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother were unharmed. They filled the wolf's body with heavy stones. The wolf awakened thirsty from his large meal and went to the well to seek water, where he fell in and drowned because of the heavy...
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...of them are for teaching life lessons. The story Little Red Riding Hood was written partly to teach a lesson. In the French version, a young girl loses her virginity and is said to have “seen a wolf” that is what this story is based on. Little Red Riding Hood is about an innocent little girl who runs in to a wolf in the forest while she is on her way to her grandmother’s house. Her grandmother being ill, her mother had baked a cake and a pot of butter hoping that it would make her feel better; however, while Little Red Riding Hood was taking her the food to her grandmother is when she met the wolf in the forest and the wolf was thinking about attacking and devouring her but there were woodcutters working in the area and didn’t want to bring any attention on himself. However, the wolf being nice started to ask her questions and gained the trust of Little Red Riding Hood in a short time and he learned where the grandmother lived. Little Red Riding Hood being naïve she had informed him the location of her grandmother’s house to the wolf. The end result of her providing the information to the wolf was the death of her grandmother and the little Red Riding Hood because the wolf ate both of them. According to our reading, “In fiction is associated with something abstract, something broad: The theme in a story is associated with an idea that lies behind the story” (Clugston, R.W., 2010, ch. 7). The theme of Little Red Riding Hood is don’t talk to strangers and the author uses plot...
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...In the Woods with Red, the Wolf, and Perrault Over time, the story of Little Red Riding Hood has seen hundreds of different interpretations, versions, and changes. Charles Perrault, a 17th century author, wrote the first publication of this story to reflect that young children, particularly young girls, are wrong to listen to strangers, in this case wolves, and that in doing so, said strangers will undoubtedly get their delicious meal in the end. In Perrault’s version, the male and female are depicted in a very particular way, which is ultimately a reflection of the culture and society of the time. Given this society, and the status of women, it is clear that Perrault is criticizing the gender representation through. While Little Red Riding Hood is a classic tale, it holds a more valuable meaning than society realizes. The story of Little Red Riding Hood has a particular depiction of both men and women. In the story, men are depicted as a “metaphor, a stand-in for male seducers who lure young women into their beds.” (Tater 5). This depiction, while true, is not complete. The wolf is in fact luring Red into the bed with him, after she has taken her clothes off, and although it is not explicitly stated, the action of a girl removing her clothing and climbing into bed with a man implies a sense of sexuality. Additionally, though, the male is depicted as duplicitous and dominant. In several instances throughout the story, the wolf clearly tricks Red and her grandmother into believing...
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...On May 27, 2014, at 9:59 PM, Wendy West wrote: Running Header: Little Red Riding Hood Once upon a time, there was a blonde, blue eyed boy named SJ, that was about three years old and was the center of his grandmother’s universe. Unfortunately his grandmother was old and feeble and was unable to work which meant she had no way of paying her mortgage and her home was about to be foreclosed upon. One beautiful, warm, spring morning the young boy’s mother wrapped several pieces of gold and silver in his very special red blanket and put them into his backpack with instructions to go straight to his grandmother’s house. The young boy was to go through the woods and stay on the dirt path they had always taken in the past. His mother emphasized to him how important it was that he not strays due to the wild animals that lived in the woods. The young boy agreed and with that set off to grandmother’s house. As he entered the woods he noticed the birds were singing, the squirrels were playing, the trees were dancing in the wind, and the flowers radiating with color by the light of the sun shining upon them. He quickly forgot his mother’s caution not to stray and decided to enter a nearby field to pick an array of flowers for his grandmother when suddenly he heard a voice say, “Young boy, you should not be here all alone. What are you doing?” The young boy was not afraid as he turned to see that it was a wolf that was speaking to him. “I am picking flowers for my grandmother, now...
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...messages inside the stories, they are often provoked with different emotions. I recently experienced this when reading Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s “Little Red Cap,” and Charles Perrault’s “Little Red Riding Hood.” Due to my new maturity and knowledge, I was able to interpret the author'sauthors’ pieces of work in new ways. Their strategic use of pathos led me to be overcome with a feeling of worry, disappointment, and frustration. Despite the fact that they both induced me to experience similar emotional responses, I found myself responding more strongly to one than the other. In both fairy tales Red Riding Hood is described...
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...Joseph Goring Mrs. Diaz-Cooper English 101, TTH 8:55-10:20 17 October 2014 Banning Steroids Steroids have been around in some form for a great deal of years. They have been used in all types of sports by professional and amateur athletes as well as people who just want massive muscle growth. Steroids have always played a major role in sports and sparked a great controversy of whether professional athletes should be allowed to use different forms of steroids or not. In Let Steroids into the Hall of Fame by Zev Chafets, the author discusses this topic of steroids being made illegal in professional sports. Steroids in sports have been frowned upon for years now as people see it as a way of cheating the system and having unfair advantages over other players. A topic that is commonly missed when talking about steroids is the health risks that it holds. People tend to focus on the performance part of steroids more than the deeper issue at hand which is, how will this affect a persons overall health? Steroids have been known to help peoples health in some cases but not very many. Steroids should be an illegal drug in professional sports due to the fact that the negatives by far outweigh the positives when it comes to peoples health. Steroids have always been used in sports but especially in the medical field. Despite all the negatives that steroids brings along, it can not be denied that many people have been helped by the use of steroids. Steroids when prescribed and taken...
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...Little Red Riding Hood as Depicted in Matthew Bright’s Freeway (1996) Name: Course: Lecturer: Date: Little Red Riding Hood as depicted in Matthew Bright’s Freeway (1996) [pic]Mathew Bright’s film Freeway is literal work that presents the Little Red Riding Hood with a preface of the verbal and visual texts. The film draws ideas from different books starting from Charles Perrault’s little riding text of 1697 (Catherine, 2002). The film further contains the depiction of the Little Red Riding Hood by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the 1982 text. In addition, the film is based on a book review of Little Red Riding Hood as portrayed by Charles Delarue’s works on French oral tales (Zipes, 2010). The books reviews have a historical dimension in their examination of the Little Red Riding Hood. Mathew Bright’s film was produced in 1996. It features the Little Red Riding Hood. The film is referred to as the freeway and it was cast in California. Little Red Riding Hood is depicted as a generation X character discerning from the way the character is clothed. The Little Red Riding Hood is shown in the film wearing saggy trousers, a jacket made of leather and combat boots that are prominent feature in hip-pop artist attires. In examining the attire it is discerned that the attire represent the people from social underclass who are closely associated with the hip-pop culture. The Little Red Riding Hood is further characterized by a voice peculiar...
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...Little Red Riding Hood ‘’ Oh! But, grandmother, what a terrible big mouth you have!’’ little red riding hood said. ‘’ All the better to eat you with’’ the wolf said. Little Red Riding Hood knew that it was not her grandmother, but she also knew that if she tried to run away, the wolf would try to capture and devour her as he did with her grandmother. So she decided to pretend that all was as usual. ‘’ I think you mean all the better to eat the cake and drink the wonderful wine I have brought with me.’’ little red riding hood said. The wolf immediately noticed the aroma of cake and could not resist the temptation. ‘’Oh, sorry you are right, darling. Come closer and give your grandmother a piece of cake and some of that lovely wine, I am very hungry.’’ the wolf said. Little red riding hood did not dare to go any closer to the wolf, so she took the bottle of wine from the brown hamper and threw it at the wolf as hard as she could and ran out of the house. The bottle of wine hit the wolf’s face and he could not see anything for approximately thirty seconds because he got the wine in his eyes. The wolf ran with such trouble to the bathroom to wash the wine off his face. ‘’ You little bastard! I will kill you!’’ the wolf shouted. Little red riding hood ran away as fast as she possibly could to get some help, but suddenly she stumbled over a big stone. She fell and immediately felt a tremendous pain coming from her right foot, she was sure it was broken. She heard something running...
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...Short Story 1 Little Red Riding Hood Brandon Picone Ashford University Introduction to Literature Loretta Crosson April 8, 2013 Short Story 2 Because she dares to defy societal norms of acceptable female behavior, Little Red Riding Hood faces death at the hands of the Big Bad Wolf, who embodies patriarchy. Every short story has an overall theme which is the identified representation of the idea behind the story. In the story “Little Red Riding Hood” documented by Catherine Orenstein, the long cherished theme of not talking to strangers carries a different lesson in the original version of the story. The main characters and plot remained the same however it is not only talking to strangers that Red Riding Hood should have avoided. The two literary elements of plot and symbolism, contribute to the overall theme of not losing your virginity. The plot begins when Little Red Riding Hood’s mother tells her to take some food to her Granny who is sick. Little Red Riding Hood meets the wolf and she tells him where she is going. Along the way she runs into the “wolf” and breaks one of the cardinal rules we teach our children today,” Don’t talk to strangers”. During their conversation she ignorantly gives him the location of her grandmother’s house and various other details that open the door for the wolf to play his tricks. The wolf ran as fast as he could, taking the shortest path, and the little girl took a roundabout way, entertaining herself by...
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...Little Red Riding Hood from Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner. There once was a young person named Red Riding Hood who lived with her mother on the edge of a large wood. One day her mother asked her to take a basket of fresh fruit and mineral water to her grandmother's house--not because this was women’s work, mind you, but because the deed was generous and helped create a feeling of community. Furthermore, her grandmother was not sick, but rather was in full physical and mental health and was fully capable of taking care of herself as a mature adult. So Red Riding Hood set off with her basket through the woods. Many people believed that the forest was a threatening and dangerous place and never set foot in it. Red Riding Hood, however, was confident enough in her own growing sexuality and such obvious Freudian imagery did not intimidate her. On the way to Grandma's house, Red Riding Hood was accosted by a wolf who asked her what was in her basket. She replied, "Some healthy snacks for my grandmother, who is certainly capable of taking care of herself as a mature adult." The wolf said, "You know, my dear, it isn't safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone." Red Riding Hood said, "I find your sexist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which has caused you to develop your own, entirely valid, worldview. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be on my...
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...A huntsman saved Little Red Hood and her granny after they were eaten alive by a wolf. Wolf tricked Hood into picking flower as he headed down the road to granny’s home. When he arrived to the home he knocked at the door and entered after receiving no response. Wolf then ate granny alive when he got to her room. According to Sarah Griffiths in her article on history of Little Red Hood states that Little Red Hood’s story first appeared in Europe during the first century. The story of this young girl dates back to about 2,000 years ago and is considered to be a folktale. “It's a story told around the world. Little Red Riding Hood goes to visit her grandmother, only to discover that a wolf has eaten the old lady, dressed in her clothes, and now...
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...THE REAL MEANING BEHIND LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD APRIL V. SLAUGHTER INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE (ENG 125) DAVID MAKHANLALL 4 MARCH 2013 I will be describing the theme of Little Red Riding Hood, and the real meaning behind this story. The elements that I found that will be contributing to the theme, is symbolism and the point of view. The point of view is described in our text as is third-person objective, which the narrator takes a detached approach to the characters and action increasing the dramatic effect of the story (Clugston, R. W. 2010). Plot is described as “a dynamic element in fiction, a sequence of interrelated, conflicting actions and events that typically build to a climax and bring about a resolution.” (Clugston, R. W. 2010 Ch. 5) To me the theme in the story is how Little Red is coming into her own maturity. With identifying the point of view of the story, you first need to know that the narrator is not telling the story in the first-person point of view, the first-person point of view is when one of the characters in the story, telling their own thoughts or feelings. Third-person point of view is when the narrator is not a character in the story. There are a couple different types of third-person point of view, omniscient, and objective. Omniscient point of view is when the narrator is knows or can relate to the characters, there is a second type of omniscient point of view is limited omniscient point of view which is when the narrator relates only...
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