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    I chose to revise Perrault 's Little Red Riding Hood because when I was little I enjoyed the story before I knew it 's true meaning. It allowed me to interact and have a connection with my siblings by having the same reaction to the story. The reason why I brought up my mother because she would read versions of Perrault 's and I and my siblings would always be filled with rage and disappointment because LRRH would get eaten. I wanted LRRH, to somehow be the one either in control or somehow be seen

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    Hopkinson’s short story “Riding the Red” is an reinterpretation of the famous childhood story "Little Red Riding Hood". With the use of literary devices Hopkinson was able to write a story with two different messages. Reading the words on the page the story is about a grandmother telling a story about a big bad wolf,Reading between the lines a whole new story emerges from the pages talking about love, innocence and growing up. Riding the Red at first glance is about a grandmother telling a story

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    Friend tries to victimize another character, who is a 15-year-old girl named Connie. The inspiration for this story is clear. Arnold Friend is very similar to The Big Bad Wolf from 2 different fairy tales, “The Three Little Pigs,” and “Little Red Riding Hood.” for various reasons, including threats, acting, and disguises. Evidence of this is interspersed throughout the story. First, it is clear that Arnold is like the Big Bad Wolf in “The Three Little Pigs”. At one point, this is shown when he

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    The Little Red Cap originally told by the famous Grimm Brothers, have numerous versions of the tale. The innocent tale we have been read to as a bedtime story before, with an evil wold and his mischievous plan of harming little red riding hood and her grandmother have just taken an enormous stroll. Nowadays, the tale has been modernised and there is a vast number of different versions of it alongside the interpretations. The versions change between their structures and narratives however the moral

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    the carnival!” The arrived at Penelope’s door, and Penelope took a pink key out of her pocket. She put it in the lock, and there was a click as the door unlocked. “I get the bathroom!” Marie called as they rushed inside. Darcie took her red riding hood costume out of her backpack. They were all going to be fairy tale characters. Penelope was going to be Cinderella, Marie was going to be Gretel, and Amy was going to be Sleeping Beauty. Penelope and Amy had bought the costumes. “You’ll pick the baby

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    Red Riding Hood Once upon a time there lived a girl named red riding hood her grandpa asked her to take something to the library for him on her bike and she said yes so he gave her what he needed her to deliver and she was on her way to the library when she spotted friend brianna playing in the woods with her brother so she got off the bike and went to her friend and said can I play with y'all and she said yes so red started playing with them by the time she realized that she was supposed to

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    Fairy tales are more than what they seem. They are much more than children’s bedtime readings. Although, they aren’t lengthy, they pack quite a lot of information and leave room for interpretation. They reveal the truth of how the world can be unfair and people can be cruel. Most fairy tales have been rewritten, some more than others. The later versions have been sugar-coated and made to be appropriate children’s stories that all have happy endings. In the tale, “Bluebeard”, by Charles Perrault,

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    A Victim of Violence: Little Red Riding Hood When imaging the ideal audience of fairytales, children are quick to come to mind, although, our perception of Little Red Riding Hood as an innocent fable is far from the truth. Alternatively, the origins of this story are derived from Italo Calvino’s “The False Grandmother”, a story immersed in symbolism and metaphorical symbols intended strictly for a mature audience. The preceding tale was “Little Red Cap “written by Charles Perrault and then later

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    group in which they are a part” (Baker-Sperry 717-718). For example, through Red Riding Hood, children learn to listen to their parents and to be wary of strangers. Some of these messages are harmful though; not all girls have to be naive and weak while boys are predacious wolves. Not everyone has to play the role that society assigns them. A good example of this is Cory Edwards’ 2005 retelling of Red Riding Hood, Hoodwinked. In this movie, Red (Anne Hathaway), the Big Bad Wolf (Patrick Warburton)

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    Before the Brothers Grimm transcribed what is known today as one of the most recognized fairytales ever recorded, it was being passed down orally from generation to generation at every corner of the globe. Various versions of Cinderella’s myth can be found in almost every culture in the world, all very distinct with their own specific qualities, reflecting each society’s predominant interpretations of religious themes. For instance, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s works were known to promote their Prussian

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