The Company Of Wolves: Classic Story Of Little Red Riding Hood

The text The Company of Wolves is a very risqué take on the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood. The text is very sexually suggestive in its use of language and descriptions of the main character. It is also very traditional and conservative in its presentation of gender stereotypes and roles. The main characters virginity is described as ‘the invisible pentacle of her own virginity. She is an unbroken egg, she is a sealed vessel; she has inside her a magic space the entrance to which is shut tight with a plug of membrane… she does not know how to shiver” this description is very sexually suggestive and its elaborate descriptions are very creepy and over the top. This is remarkably different to the original story which doesn't make mention of any sexual themes. This description of the main character was very off putting to me, as she is obviously a girl just entering puberty; this is very close to paedophilia and is off-putting to read the elaborate descriptions present. The story is also very traditional and conservative in its presentation of gender roles and stereotypes. In the story only men have power and use this as a form of control over the women present in the story. Women in the story are only seen as objects, used for cooking and for sex, and as below men in terms of who has power. This is very traditional and a
They would also be annoyed at the story for not presenting any semblance of feminist and progressive ideals relating to gender roles and stereotypes. Overall I found this text very conservative and traditional. I disagree with the extents at which the text goes in its sexually suggestive descriptions and the lack of any strong, independent female characters, and the lack of freedom women had. This text aims to use its language – descriptions – and plot to present these traditional and conservative ideas on