Nerissa Sykes Crystal O’Neal English 1102 28 February 2013 No More Sweet Red Riding Hood In the past‚ fairytales were intended mostly for children to learn morals and meanings to things. These fairytales also always ended with a happy ending. As time passed these fairytales have been altered and expanded in ways that draw from what a fairytale really is. Many have argued that these new adaptions of the fairytales have corrupted our children. Others on the other hand‚ gave reasoning on how
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THEME AND NARRATIVE ELEMENTS IN THE SHORT STORY BY __________________________ COURSE NAME/# PROFESSOR NAME DATE DUE‚ 2012 This analysis is a response to my exploration of the short story Little Red Riding Hood as featured in Journey Into Literature by R.W. Clugston‚ (2010‚ Ch. 4.1). The story is actually an ancient fable told in the oral tradition (basically French folk lore) that was written nearly 315 years ago by a writer named Charles Perrault in Paris. The identity of the original
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Transformations‚ however challenges the ideology that exist within the classic tales‚ and adds a pinch of cynicism to them. In doing so‚ she reinvent these tales‚ replacing their unvaried traditional message with a fresh more inclusive message. Sexton’s “Red Riding Hood” is one of the many poetic retelling that she makes. In the poem she conveys deceit and defines what a person who deceives is and what they do to innocent gullible people. Even in the very beginning of her poem‚ Sexton depicts many kinds of
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The two versions of Little Red Riding Hood I’ve chosen to analyze is the Grimm brothers version and the Angela Carter version. I think what is interesting about these two versions are they seem to have contrasting morals‚ despite rooting from the same story. The Grimm brothers version is the one I was told as a child. Though the Grimm brothers wrote stories intended for adults‚ their stories are often told to children for the moral. The moral is not to be deceived by symbolic wolves. The Grimm brothers
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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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timeless old tale of a little girl who meets a wolf on her way to Grandma ’s house has been passed down through oral tradition from one generation to the next. The tale of "Little Red Riding Hood" has existed for centuries as a warning for young‚ disobedient girls. According to what was considered socially acceptable and prudent behavior and according to the author ’s social and political standing‚ the tale has undergone significant changes. The story of "Little Red Riding-Hood" is a descendent of
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you even been hurt by one of your closest friends? Well in this story‚ Valerie finds out what its like to feel betrayed and hurt by even her family. Red Riding Hood is a story that teaches a valuable lesson that is true for even a modern teen: sometimes the people you trust and care about most could be the ones who hurt you in the end. In Red Riding Hood‚ the author uses conflict to teach us that sometimes the people we trust and care about most‚ could be the one’s who hurt us in the end. For example
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On the arid outback of Iraq lived little black Hijab. She was sent by her mother to the go and bring some curry to her ill grandmother. Her mother reminded her to be very quiet and not disturb her dyeing grandmother as she was very unwell from a recent explosion that had removed 3 of her limbs. Before she left she was reminded not to talk to any Sunni’s as it was dangerous to do so. Little black hijab walked along quietly under the hot son‚ taking the occasional break under the shade of a tree
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critiques of those stories. In Singer’s image of little red riding hood‚ named “Little Dread Riding Hood”‚ there is a vital part that depicts Dread wearing or riding the wolf. Arguably‚ the skates Dread wears signify she is probably riding the wolf‚ as though he is a “hobby horse” (Zipes 2). However‚ whether she is wearing or riding the wolf‚ she is using his body‚ mirroring the version of the famous fairy tale by Roald Dohl when Little Red Riding Hood kills
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Fractured Fairytales Once upon a time‚ there was a girl known as Little Red Riding Hood and she recently got in a fight with her mother! What happened was that Little Red Riding Hood ate her mother’s pie without her mother’s consent. The pie was for Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother‚ as it was for her birthday today. After Little Red Riding Hood and her mother argued‚ Little Red Riding Hood decided to go to her grandmother’s for the rest of the weekend. She packed her doll and set out on the
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