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    There are many similarities that Isabelle C. Chang’s “The Chinese Red Riding Hoods” has with other stories in its tale type. There is a wolf‚ dressed as an old woman; a mother who gives her daughter instruction and advice; and a female protagonist facing danger and learning a lesson. Something that Chang’s story exclusively has in common with Perrault’s “The Story of Red Riding Hood” is that it has a written moral—the first line of Chang’s version is “Beware of the wolf in sheep’s clothing” (Hallet

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    Little Red Riding Hood is probably one of the most annotated and analyzed of all the fairy tales‚ and there are several versions of the tale to study‚ all with a slight variation in their moral lesson‚ interpretation and theme surrounding Little Red Riding Hood’s escapade to grandmother’s house. It is most commonly believed that the French author Charles Perrault was the first to publish a written version of this fairy tale in 1697. However‚ Perrault most likely composed the tale of Little Red Riding

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    Did someone ever act as someone else‚ and try to trick you? In the short stories “Lon Po Po” and “Little Red Riding Hood” children get tricked by wolves pretending to be other people. The two short stories‚ “Lon Po Po” by Ed Young and “Little Red Riding Hood” by James Marshall have many similarities and differences in plot. In “Lon Po Po”‚ three children are left at home while their mom goes to see their grandma‚ who has her birthday. A wolf notices she goes‚ and dresses up as grandma to trick the

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    Little Red Riding Hood. Although there were similarities between the stories‚ there were also differences that made each story unique. In The Damnable Life and Death of Stubbe Peeter‚ the werewolf was known for killing men‚ women‚ children‚ sheep goat lamb‚ and other cattle which is similar to the werewolf in The Werewolf’s Daughter. The father in The Werewolf’s Daughter would eat people‚ but what makes the two stories different is that the father did not eat animals. The werewolf in Little Red Riding

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    Essay #1 Analysis of Grandmother’s Nose and Little Red Hat Every so often‚ there comes a story so popular that it survives many decades and is common in many cultures. Growing up here in America‚ I was always told the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Because of the way American structure is set up‚ the story in this culture teaches the people told the story a lesson as well as has a happy ending. The American story of “Little Red Riding Hood” isn’t the only version of this story. As previously

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    Little Red Riding Hood was a story from long ago and changed through the centuries. After reading the first story of Little Red Riding Hood I can say that I was not expecting the ending that it had. This would be frightening to a little child who reads this version of the wolf eating the people. Grimm changes the story a little for in the end the wolf does eat the people but they were saved in the end. The wolf was a very bad and misleading animal that led Little Red Cap/Little Red Riding Hood astray

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    unexpectedly. The classic fairy tale spends the first few sentences describing Little Red Riding Hood as a beautiful‚ charming girl with her signature red cloak. Taking on a different strategy‚ Dahl switches the lens to follow the Wolf at the beginning of his narrative. Rather than the wolf be the ominous threat that the reader is waiting for‚ Dahl’s version has readers actively waiting for the arrival of Little Red Riding Hood‚ the first sign of his divergent characterization. Order of character appearances

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    bad guy. In the story ‘Shrek’ he is funny and has lots of friends‚ in the Three Little Pigs‚ he hadn’t eaten in days‚ and in Little Red Riding Hood‚ he was just looking for a good laugh and a snack. The Big Bad Wolf in the story is actually the hero and this will be proven by looking just a little bit deeper. First‚ in Little Red Riding Hood‚ it was like Little Red was trying to get eaten. Her Mother said specifically not to dawdle or go off the path because something bad would happen‚ but she does

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    In the story of “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf”‚ Roald Dahl interprets the little girl as a gun-wielding murderer. While in most of the other interpretations of this story we’ve read this semester‚ she seemingly is just a young and naive little girl. When she walks into grandmothers house she has no idea that her grandmother has already been eaten‚ and soon enough finds out that the wolf has scheduled her to be next on his list. The pistol that Little Red Riding hood secretly wields ends up

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    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

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