The Construction Of Little Red Cap By The Grimm Brothers

The story of Little Red Riding Hood was a tale to educate little girls about the dangers this world can bring. More particularly men, who are more likely to be predators than women. “Little Red Cap” by The Grimm Brothers, was a story too far from being a happy one. Although, every story has a lesson to teach in the end. For example, some say to live life to the fullest, or to always believe in yourself. In this tale, girls are just as strong as men and are able to prove themselves if they need to. This is the significance and argument that will be shown. Written in 1812, “Little Red Cap” by The Grimm Brothers takes on the role of turning this story into a heroic one. In the beginning, little red cap is given specific instructions by her
According to Saintyves (1989), “... we could consider this charming story a fable, suppose that it was invented in order to teach young girls that they should not talk to strangers” (q.t.d. In Pittman, p.72). This quote is explaining how in general this story is to teach little girls about how not to talk to strangers, and the consequences that are born from it. This tale could have possibly been invented to teach a moral value, but it could have also been created to teach a lesson on the violence that can happen in reality. The ideas of growth and development in this story, have to do with the morality side of this story. The principles between Little Red Cap not listening to her mother and coming in contact with a wolf, have to do with right and wrong, and good and bad behavior. The reason why she is considered as woman as hero, is because she had to deal with right and wrong. The right was knowing what to do the next time it happened, but the wrong she had experienced in the beginning of the story, by following a different path and not being aware of the harm that will come to her. Once again, with considering the girl as a hero, the eighteenth century tale emphasizes the meaning of protection, moral, and educational
Wither her red cape and fresh bleeding times, she is the channel of the life force itself… The birth of the soul is about the union of body-mind and spirit. Little Red Riding Hood becomes the vessel by which numerous energies are experienced and expressed, the soul embodied.”
Wilkes states that, Little Red once again joins the society she lives in, by becoming life. With the unity she has with her grandmother, the wolf no longer becomes a problem. As he is referred to as the devil, the wolf is now the blackness of existence that little Red Cap has dissolved. Also, as she becomes the vessel with her soul being expressed with positive vibes, she is becoming filled with the courage to fight back. Wilkes also later on reflects,
“It is Little Red Riding Hood who, by connecting the deep feminine and deep masculine, allows for energies of the numinous to be expressed and experienced. She embodies a self which can live without fusing with others and which experiences a passion for linking, both with others and with one’s self. No longer does the dualistic split exist in which the spiritual transcendent. Now these energies are descendent, held within the body which exists as a part of a larger