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    recognized fairy tales is “Little Red Riding Hood”. In the Aarne- Thompson Folktale Types and Motifs Index Little Red Riding Hood falls into the tale type of AT 333 Red Riding Hood (…). The two most recognizable characters in the AT 333 tale type is Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf. These characters are in contrast to form the villain and innocent personalities that drive the plot (Tartar, 51). Whereas the wolf is a wicked, greedy, predator (including sexually), Little Red is innocent (sexually).

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    In the timeless story The Little Red Riding Hood is a story geared to children to be cautious with whom they give their trust to and teaches children to invariably listen to the good their parents have to say. The Lovely Bones explains the consequences that come with trusting the wrong person. The Little Red Riding Hood and The Lovely Bones share a didactic purpose: first, to warn innocent young females of the physical danger and possibilities present in the modern society, and second, to warn them

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    Intelligence in Little Red There are many versions of the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood and they all come with different names, details and ideas. A detail in the stories that one can see is that intelligence can end up being the saving factor in a bad situation. These stories such as, “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault, and “Little Red Cap” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are all different in their own ways yet very much similar to one another in the ideas and thoughts that they

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    In the story “Little Red Riding Hood” by Jacob Ludwig Grimm and Wilhelm Carl Grimm, Little Red Riding Hood is a likeable person because she is kind and she learns from her mistakes. Little Red Riding Hood is a kind person because she visits and brings her grandmother food. When Little Red Riding Hood is talking to the wolf he asks, “Where are you going so early, Little Red Riding Hood?” “To my grandmother’s.” “What are you carrying under your apron?” “Cakes and wine; we baked yesterday; and my grandmother

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    danger” Little Red Riding Hood hasn’t. The fairy tales that are taught and shared today teach life lessons. Little Red Riding Hood is a fairy tale recorder by The Brothers Grimm that is about a young naïve girl who is deceived by the Wolf and is taught a life lesson. Little Red Riding Hood is a fairy tale that originates from Germany and much of Europe and is about a girl who was hoodwinked by the Wolf and teaches a theme or moral about growing up, and being safe. The tale Little Red Riding Hood is said

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    Little Red Riding Hood is European folk mythology which teaches children the dangers of the unknown through the story of the titular protagonist and her encounter with ‘The Wolf’. Charles Perrault penned the first version for print in 1697 in Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals. Tales of Mother Goose; these stories are highly moralized and didactic with their roots in early French folklore. It was in this version that the significant meaning of the iconic ‘red hood’ was first noted. I will

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    In the multiple readings of the little red riding hood there were many small differences. Throughout every story there happens to be the predator (whether it’s a wolf, ogress, or bear), the little girl, as well as the sweet grandmother. Within the tales there is the basic story line of the typical little red riding hood; the wolf (predator) hunts little red (little girl) and through the chase manages to gobble up the grandmother as well. In most cases, the little girl manages to eliminate the predator;

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    In the fairy tales Little Red Riding Hood the wolf was a trick so he could eat her and as a result she ran away. In The Boy Who Cried Wolf, he was lier and eventually died. They were supposed to scare us so as we got older we never saw a wolf and if we did it was a symbol of fear

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    Folktales and Fairy Tales give us of a false sense of reality; there is a good side with no evil within the world and a side that scares us with the harsh bitter truth. The folktale versions of Little Red Riding Hood, “Wolf” by Francesca Block and “Werewolf” by Angela Carter, depict “ a wicked world ” filled with “cold weather and cold hearts” through their experiences (Block 1; Carter 1). Although the protagonists in “Wolf” and “Werewolf” both live in harsh and cruel environments, the differences

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    was a pretty decent kid. I had some good friends, good grades, I was healthy...But I also had some dark clouds hanging above my head. A thick, black smog clouding my vision and blurring reality into a world of wolves and beasts where I was Little Red Riding Hood in the forest. I grew up one part wolf and one part sheep. My mother was a terrifying beast who would gnash her teeth and howl in the night, but during the day, she would act as if nothing was wrong. Like she hadn’t left another bruise upon

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