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Jul 11, 2017 · Learn about the plot, history, and meaning of the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. Find out how the story evolved, what it symbolizes, and how it ends in different versions.
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- Origins of the tale and werewolf theory
- Two versions: Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm
Little Red Riding Hood, fairy tale about a young girl who wears a red cloak and encounters a wolf on her way to visit her ailing grandmother. Depending on the version of the story, the girl is either eaten by the wolf or saved by a woodsman or hunter. Despite the grisly outcome in some versions, the tale is considered a classic of children’s litera...
Countless versions of “Little Red Riding Hood” exist, many of which reflect the concerns and moral issues of the period in which each version first appeared. The story probably originated in the Middle Ages in Europe, most likely as a cautionary tale to warn small children about the dangers of the woods, especially of the dangerous beasts and human...
The earliest written version was “Le Petit Chaperon Rouge” (English title: “Little Red Riding Hood”), published by French storyteller Charles Perrault in 1697 in his collection of fairy tales Contes de ma mère l’oye (Tales of Mother Goose). Perrault most likely adapted the story from an oral folktale. In Perrault’s version the main elements of the tale were first recorded: a young girl dressed in a hooded red cloak encounters a wolf on her way to visit her ailing grandmother. Against her better judgment, Little Red Riding Hood befriends the wolf, who finds out from the girl where her grandmother lives and challenges her to a race to her grandmother’s house but taking different paths. The wolf hurries ahead while Little Red Riding Hood dillydallies, stopping to gather nuts and flowers and chase after butterflies. When the wolf arrives at the grandmother’s cottage, he disguises his voice to sound like Little Red Riding Hood’s, tricking the grandmother into opening the door. He then bursts inside the house and eats the grandmother. The wolf then hides under the covers in the grandmother’s bed. When Little Red Riding Hood arrives, the wolf disguises his voice to sound like the grandmother’s and lures the girl to the bed. In perhaps the most famous part of the tale, the little girl makes a series of observations about how different her grandmother looks:
“Grandmother, what big arms you have!”
“All the better to hug you with, my dear.”
“Grandmother, what big legs you have!”
“All the better to run with, my child.”
“Grandmother, what big ears you have!”
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 3, 2024 · Learn the plot and the differences of two versions of the famous fairy tale, and discover the hidden meanings of the characters and objects. Find out why the red hood, the wolf, and the basket are not just random elements, but symbols of life, danger, and temptation.
Little Red Riding Hood is one of the main characters in the 1986 children's book O Fantástico Mistério de Feiurinha written by Pedro Bandeira. She is the only one of the main characters who is not a princess and helps her friends discover the whereabouts of the Princess Feiurinha that disappeared.
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A beautiful and unique re-telling of the classic fairy tale, illustrated by the award-winning Trina Schart Hyman. The story follows Little Red's journey to visit her grandmother, who is eaten by a wolf in disguise, and how she is rescued by a hunter.
Read the classic fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a girl who visits her grandmother and meets a wolf. Learn the plot, characters, and morals of this story and how to avoid talking to strangers.
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Nov 21, 2023 · Learn about the plot, meaning, and symbolism of Perrault's version of the fairy tale. Find out how it differs from other versions and what the moral is.
