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    Little Red Riding Hood The stories "Little Red Riding Hood‚" by Charles Perrault‚ and "Little Red Cap‚" by the Brothers Grimm‚ are similar and different. Moreover‚ both stories differ from the American version. The stories have a similar moral at the end‚ each with a slight twist. This story‚ in each of its translations‚ is representative of a girl ’s loss of innocence‚ her move from childhood or adolescence into adulthood. The way women are treated within each story is different. Little Red

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    women. Little Red Riding Hood was originally created to entertain young children during the late 1600’s. Since then different versions have been written‚ portraying men and women in different angles. Each tale provides its own metaphors and symbolism; although never deviating from the original base-story. In each version of Little Red Riding Hood she comes to a confrontation with a “wolf” who manipulates and tricks her into his/her trap. In James Thurber’s version of Little Red Riding Hood‚ The Little

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    Work questions for the fairytale ‘Little Red Riding Hood’: 1: Find an example of formulaic language in the fairytale. One upon a time 2: Find an example of repetition in the story. -She get distracted by strawberries‚ flowers and butterfly. -When Little Red Riding Hood ask the wolf‚ and when the wolf replied. 3: See if you can organise the fairytale according to the home-out-home structure. What normally characterises the three fazes? Home: When she is home with her mother. Out:

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    The many tales of Little Red Riding Hood provides us with historical changes in the way women have been perceivedthroughout history. Little Red Riding Hood has transformed from naive to sophistication depending on the cultural and the moral beliefs within that time. She has evolved even before theCharles Perrault version in 1697 and the more known version by Grimm brothers in 1812 and still being reinvented to please its current audience. The development of the tale allowed us to vision the tone

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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

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    The story of Little Red Riding Hood and the underlying meaning may be surprising to readers because none would expect for the original story to have sexual and even biblical analogies. The Grimm brothers’ version of this fairytale uses symbolism to uncover the true meaning behind the girl and her red cap. In the beginning‚ a “sweet little girl” is given a red hood by her grandmother. The hood‚ covering her head‚ symbolizes her youth. However the bold red color implies that this young girl is soon

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    Little Red Riding Hood L ITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (LRRH) is a boastful parody that pokes fun at a culture intent on reinventing language to satisfy its social ideals: the politically correct (pc). To fully understand the humor‚ the reader must have some comprehension and familiarity with the original story. LRRH has been transformed from the little girl‚ in the traditional tale‚ working through the issues of the oedipal complex‚ to an adult‚ who approaches the world through a woman’s mind and voice

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    Little Red Riding Hood – Bettelheim’s Analysis Summarized From the Skeptical Inquirer‚  Sept‚ 2000  by Martin Gardner (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843) Little Red Riding Hood Went walking through a wood. She met a wolf and stopped to chat. Don’t ask what happened after that! Armand T. Ringer One of the funniest of all games played by Freudian literary critics is that of finding sex symbols in old fairy tales. It is a very easy game to play. Freud is said to have once remarked

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    Little Red Riding Hood Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her‚ but most of all by her grandmother‚ and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little riding hood of red velvet‚ which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else; so she was always called ’Little Red Riding Hood.’      One day her mother said to her: ’Come‚ Little Red Riding Hood‚ here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine;

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    Little Red Riding Hood by Leanne Guenther Once upon a time‚ there was a little girl who lived in a village near the forest.  Whenever she went out‚ the little girl wore a red riding cloak‚ so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood. One morning‚ Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go to visit her grandmother as it had been awhile since they’d seen each other. "That’s a good idea‚" her mother said.  So they packed a nice basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take

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