Little Red Riding Hood Comparisons
Oral - Zikes | Perrault | Grimm brothers | Italian version | ||
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Heroine | Little girl - crafty and capable of saving herself | foolish and gets eaten |
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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. | |||
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Cannibalism - eats grandma in tortellini, lasagne, and manfettini | |
Style | Path of needles and path of pins Woolen rope |
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Magic | Talking cat | ||||
Objects | hot loaf and bottle of milk, yarn | Red Riding hood, cake and little pot of butter |
Dr. Robert Sweetland's Notes ©