Little Red Riding Hood Comparisons

  Oral - Zikes Perrault Grimm brothers Italian version  
Heroine Little girl - crafty and capable of saving herself foolish and gets eaten
  • Little Red Cap
  • Sweet little maiden.
   
Granny Eaten Eaten Loved LRC most, made for her a red velvet cap    
Mother Take this hot loaf and bottle of milk to your granny Take cake and little pot of butter to your grandmother Asks to take cake and wine to ailing grandmother gives warnings: do not stray from the path, be courteous,    
Antagonist Werewolf (male?) Wolf Wolf - greedy wants to eat LRC and granny, suggests to enjoy the scenery    
Other Characters   Woodcutters Woodcutter - enters sees a problem uses scissors to rescue both, put rocks in their place (Cronos myth), Wolf falls down dead.    
Themes
  • Cannibalism - eats grandma flesh and drinks blood
  • Sexual component - undressing before coming to bed, throw clothes in fire
  • going outside or in bed
  • crafty or quick witted can out fox a wolf
  • Child - adult
  • Uncivilized - civilized
  • Sexual component - undressing before coming to bed,
  • Written moral well bred young ladies, should never talk to strangers, if they are foolish enough to do so, they should not be surprised ifthey become dinner for a greedy wolf ...
  • Sophisticated - foolish in the real world
  • Wolf asks what she carries under her apron
  • Includes moral at the end with LRC thinking - never stray form path or go into forest when mom has forbidden it
Cannibalism - eats grandma in tortellini, lasagne, and manfettini  
Style Path of needles and path of pins
Woolen rope
       
Magic Talking cat        
Objects hot loaf and bottle of milk, yarn Red Riding hood, cake and little pot of butter      

 

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