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    fighting for their rights‚ and this inspired female authors to put their thoughts into stories. Women could be manipulative‚ deceiving. They could control men when they wanted to. So why were the men in control of the world? By rewriting "Little Red Riding Hood"‚ Angela Carter turns the norms of the fairytale upside down‚ and thereby shows the development in contemporary society. In "The Company of Wolves"‚ a young girl beats the most manly of all creatures: the werewolf. The short story is chronological

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    by Charles Perrault in 1697. In addition‚ the wolf from the short fairy tale story ‘Little Red Riding Hood’‚ that Charles Perrault wrote in 1697. Those characters were evil in those fairy tale stories because of their evil characteristics that will be discussed later on. First‚ in the short fairy tale story Cinderella‚ the evil characters were Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters. The story was about a little girl called Cinderella who lost her mother while she was very young‚ so for that reason

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    face future. Even though the children’s subconcious does not desire to be interrogated‚ their conscious minds are willing to share what they learned from several fairy tales. For example‚ a book like ‘Red Riding Hood’ teaches children to follow shortcuts through the forest. A book like “The Three Little Pigs” teaches children how they can live in brick houses in order to protect themselves from enemies. It helps children develop defensive mechanisms against harmful animals and other things. Other books

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    criticize the original text of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s story‚ “Little Red Cap.” Instead of having Little Red Riding Hood a weak character who falls for the tricks of the wolf and needs help of a “strong” male character‚ the Huntsman; Carter makes Little

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    the artistic experience and the way these characters would have to be portrayed. The theme expressed by the costumes design by Patrick Holt is one of childhood innocence. These characters are familiar to the entire audience; whether it be Little Red Riding Hood or Cinderella it is important that the audience sees it this same way. The point of the costume design was to respect the time period that the story is set but also have them be recognizable as Fairy Tale characters. Through the raggedy and

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    that it is able to clench and firmly hold the reader’s attention‚ but also has endless references to popular fables of and before our time. Citing only a few‚ “Where Have You Been‚ Where Are You Going” not only makes references to Little Red Riding Hood‚ The Three Little Pigs‚ and Death and a Maiden‚ but it also has endless references to the Bible in its depiction of evil and Satan. (Schoomp) The literary works main character Connie is an alluring teenager living in a world of neglect and is easily

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    Essay- How does Cassy change throughout Wolf? Having read Wolf by Gillian Cross I thought it was quite an interesting book because it contained a lot of imagery. Wolf was about a girl called Cathleen Phelan (known throughout the book as Cassy) and her wrangle with her father Mick Phelan whose is part of the IRA (Irish Republic Army). The plot of the story is that Cassy’s grandmother gave Cassy some plastic explosives that she stole from Cassy’s father Mick and sent her to live with her mother Susan

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    them‚ reminding them about full stops and capital letters. (p5.1 p5.2) During another writing lesson I was with a different set of children which had to do a writing assessment so I couldn’t help them. They had to write their own version of little red riding hood. The only thing which we could remind them off is to use their story maps/plans to help them write the story. At the end of the lesson while the children were out on lunch I had to feedback from an observation which I done of the group of

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    story of Little Red Riding Hood but in a completely different way. This version incorporates a different style that includes innocence and sexuality through the girl and the wolf-like man. The young girl is an “unbroken egg” but strays from the innocence of a young woman at the time and uses her sexuality to save herself from the savage wolf (Carter 1088). All this leading me to ask: why did she split her story into two different sections? Also why did she portray her version of Little Red Riding Hood

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    clear and concise. I believe if the reader did not understand the moral of the story‚ then Perrault telling the moral of the story would help in the absorption of what he wants a person to retain. I think the moral of the story when it came to little red riding hood was very important and I believe a moral was not necessary. However‚ When it came to Blue Beard‚ I believe he should have mentioned the moral of the story. There were clear indications in the story itself. For example‚ when perrault mention

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