...LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD ------------------------------------------------- SCRIPT Narrator : Once upon a time in a village by the forest, there lived a beautiful little girl with her mother. The little girl was called as Little Red Riding Hood because she always wear a red velvet given to her by her grandmother who lived on the other side of the forest. Red Riding hood lowed her granny very much. One bright morning, a hunter came to the cottage. The hunter knock on the door. Hunter : I am coming straight from your grandma’s cottage. She is not-well and wants to see you at the earliest possible. Red riding hood : Hoo, thank you uncle. I will tell my mom. Hunter : Okay, I have to leave. Bye girl. Red riding hood : Bye uncle. Narrator : Red riding hood immediately rushed to her mother who was preparing a cake. Red riding hood : Mother, the woodcutter told me that grandma has fallen sick. Mother : I’m worried. I think you should leave immediately to meet your dear grandmother. Red riding hood : I can take some cake for her ? Mother : Of course dear. I will pack some cake and a bottle of butter for her. She’s loves them. Narrator : Red riding hood cheered up. Red riding hood : Give me the basket. I’ll walk up to her house as soon as possible. Mother : Give her my love. Red riding hood : Okay mother. Mother : Remember, keep to the path through the woods and don’t ever stop. You will be in danger if you wonder into the forest. Make sure you are back home before...
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...sweet girl who is loved by one and all. Everyone calls the girl Little Red Riding Hood as she always wears a riding hood made of red velvet, which was gifted to her by her grandmother. One fine day, Little Red Riding Hood's mother packs a bottle of wine and a cake in a basket and asks her to take them to her sick grandmother. Before she leaves, her mother warns her not to talk to anyone on the way. Little Red Riding Hood promises her that she wouldn't and sets off to her grandmother's place, which was put up in the forest, half an hours walk from the village. When Little Red Riding Hood enters the forest, she comes across a wolf, who plans to eat her up. So when the wolf asks her where she is off to, she answers him that she is on her way to see her grandmother, without suspecting the wolf. When the wolf asks her where her grandmother lives, Little Red Riding Hood innocently answers that too. The wolf trots along with Little Red Riding Hood for sometime and tempts her to make a slow journey, asking her to enjoy the scenery. Little Red Riding Hood leaves the path and starts picking flowers and as she does so, she goes deeper and deeper into the forest. Meanwhile, the big bad wolf reaches grandmothers house and knocks the door. He enters the house and gobbles Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother. Then, he puts on the grandmothers clothes and night cap and lies down in her bed. Little Red Riding Hood soon realizes that she is late and hurries to her grandmother's house. She...
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...Little Red Riding Hood ‘’ Oh! But, grandmother, what a terrible big mouth you have!’’ little red riding hood said. ‘’ All the better to eat you with’’ the wolf said. Little Red Riding Hood knew that it was not her grandmother, but she also knew that if she tried to run away, the wolf would try to capture and devour her as he did with her grandmother. So she decided to pretend that all was as usual. ‘’ I think you mean all the better to eat the cake and drink the wonderful wine I have brought with me.’’ little red riding hood said. The wolf immediately noticed the aroma of cake and could not resist the temptation. ‘’Oh, sorry you are right, darling. Come closer and give your grandmother a piece of cake and some of that lovely wine, I am very hungry.’’ the wolf said. Little red riding hood did not dare to go any closer to the wolf, so she took the bottle of wine from the brown hamper and threw it at the wolf as hard as she could and ran out of the house. The bottle of wine hit the wolf’s face and he could not see anything for approximately thirty seconds because he got the wine in his eyes. The wolf ran with such trouble to the bathroom to wash the wine off his face. ‘’ You little bastard! I will kill you!’’ the wolf shouted. Little red riding hood ran away as fast as she possibly could to get some help, but suddenly she stumbled over a big stone. She fell and immediately felt a tremendous pain coming from her right foot, she was sure it was broken. She heard something running...
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...Little Red Riding Hood A long time ago there lived a young girl called Red Riding Hood. One day Little Red Riding Hood’s mum asked her to take some cakes to her granny who was ill. So she put on her cloak, packed up a basket and skipped off through the woods to granny’s house. Little Red Riding Hood hadn’t gone far when she met the woodcutter. He asked her where she was going. “I’m going to take these cakes to my grandma’s house”. “That’s very kind of you, but be careful”, warned the woodcutter, “there’s a wicked old wolf in these woods and he’s always hungry”. Little Red Riding Hood bravely skipped on a bit faster. Behind a tree the wicked wolf watched her. He was feeling rather hungry. He would have liked to have gobbled up Little Red Riding Hood there and then but he could hear the woodcutter near by, so he thought better of it. He thought of a clever plan, and ran off in the direction of grandma’s house. Little Red Riding Hood Handout Page 1 When the wolf got to granny’s house he rudely let himself in and greedily gobbled up granny in one bite. Then he squeezed his fat body into granny’s night-gown put on her night-cap and glasses and climbed into bed. A short time later Little Red Riding Hood arrived at granny’s house. Granny didn’t look like herself at all. “What big eyes you have”, said Little Red Riding Hood. “ All the better to see you with, my dear”, said the wolf. “But what big ears you have!” “All the better to hear you with”, said...
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...would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else. So she was always called Little Red Riding Hood. One day her mother said to her, "Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a piece of cake and a bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother, she is ill and weak, and they will do her good. Set out before it gets hot, and when you are going, walk nicely and quietly and do not run off the path, or you may fall and break the bottle, and then your grandmother will get nothing. And when you go into her room, don't forget to say, good-morning, and don't peep into every corner before you do it." I will take great care, said Little Red Riding Hood to her mother, and gave her hand on it. The...
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...Short Story 1 Little Red Riding Hood Brandon Picone Ashford University Introduction to Literature Loretta Crosson April 8, 2013 Short Story 2 Because she dares to defy societal norms of acceptable female behavior, Little Red Riding Hood faces death at the hands of the Big Bad Wolf, who embodies patriarchy. Every short story has an overall theme which is the identified representation of the idea behind the story. In the story “Little Red Riding Hood” documented by Catherine Orenstein, the long cherished theme of not talking to strangers carries a different lesson in the original version of the story. The main characters and plot remained the same however it is not only talking to strangers that Red Riding Hood should have avoided. The two literary elements of plot and symbolism, contribute to the overall theme of not losing your virginity. The plot begins when Little Red Riding Hood’s mother tells her to take some food to her Granny who is sick. Little Red Riding Hood meets the wolf and she tells him where she is going. Along the way she runs into the “wolf” and breaks one of the cardinal rules we teach our children today,” Don’t talk to strangers”. During their conversation she ignorantly gives him the location of her grandmother’s house and various other details that open the door for the wolf to play his tricks. The wolf ran as fast as he could, taking the shortest path, and the little girl took a roundabout way, entertaining herself by...
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...them are for teaching life lessons. The story Little Red Riding Hood was written partly to teach a lesson. In the French version, a young girl loses her virginity and is said to have “seen a wolf” that is what this story is based on. Little Red Riding Hood is about an innocent little girl who runs in to a wolf in the forest while she is on her way to her grandmother’s house. Her grandmother being ill, her mother had baked a cake and a pot of butter hoping that it would make her feel better; however, while Little Red Riding Hood was taking her the food to her grandmother is when she met the wolf in the forest and the wolf was thinking about attacking and devouring her but there were woodcutters working in the area and didn’t want to bring any attention on himself. However, the wolf being nice started to ask her questions and gained the trust of Little Red Riding Hood in a short time and he learned where the grandmother lived. Little Red Riding Hood being naïve she had informed him the location of her grandmother’s house to the wolf. The end result of her providing the information to the wolf was the death of her grandmother and the little Red Riding Hood because the wolf ate both of them. According to our reading, “In fiction is associated with something abstract, something broad: The theme in a story is associated with an idea that lies behind the story” (Clugston, R.W., 2010, ch. 7). The theme of Little Red Riding Hood is don’t talk to strangers and the author uses plot...
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...Little Red Riding Hood from Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner. There once was a young person named Red Riding Hood who lived with her mother on the edge of a large wood. One day her mother asked her to take a basket of fresh fruit and mineral water to her grandmother's house--not because this was women’s work, mind you, but because the deed was generous and helped create a feeling of community. Furthermore, her grandmother was not sick, but rather was in full physical and mental health and was fully capable of taking care of herself as a mature adult. So Red Riding Hood set off with her basket through the woods. Many people believed that the forest was a threatening and dangerous place and never set foot in it. Red Riding Hood, however, was confident enough in her own growing sexuality and such obvious Freudian imagery did not intimidate her. On the way to Grandma's house, Red Riding Hood was accosted by a wolf who asked her what was in her basket. She replied, "Some healthy snacks for my grandmother, who is certainly capable of taking care of herself as a mature adult." The wolf said, "You know, my dear, it isn't safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone." Red Riding Hood said, "I find your sexist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which has caused you to develop your own, entirely valid, worldview. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be on my...
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...The Little Red Riding Hood Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a village by the forest. The little girl loved wearing a red cloak and hood that her mother made for her, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood. One day, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go and visit her sick grandmother. Her mother agreed and packed a nice basket for her to take to her grandmother. On the way, a wolf who wanted to eat her up but afraid to do so in public approached her. He was friendly and asked her where she was going. She naively told him where she was going. He suggested her to pick some flowers for her grandmother, which she did. In the meantime, the wolf cleverly took a shortcut and rushed towards the grandmother's house. He gained entry by pretending to be Little Red Riding Hood. He swallowed the grandmother whole. He dressed himself like the grandmother and waited for Little Red Riding Hood to come in. When Little Red Riding Hood arrived at her grandmother's home, she noticed that her grandmother looked very strange. She gave comments about her looks. She then realized that a hungry wolf was in the bed. The wolf swallowed her whole, too. A wood cutter came to the rescue and cut the wolf open. Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother were unharmed. They filled the wolf's body with heavy stones. The wolf awakened thirsty from his large meal and went to the well to seek water, where he fell in and drowned because of the heavy...
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...Little Red Riding Hood is a familiar one and Charles Perrault’s version is the most familiar. A moral tale against idleness and disobedience, this classic has stood the test of time. Less familiar to readers is Angela Carter’s “The Company of Wolves.” A dark retelling, Carter’s version is more an exploration of coming-of-age sexuality and a young woman discovering her own wildness than a cautionary tale against strangers and “gentle wolves” (Perrault 1576). While in Perrault’s story, Red and her granny are eaten by the beast due to Red’s idlness and in Carter’s story, we see Red’s willing surrender to the wolf, both tales deal with the burgeoning sexuality of a young girl. Charles Perrault begins his tale of Red Riding Hood with a glowing description of the young woman as “the prettiest creature who was ever seen” (1574), and the little red riding cape her grandmother made for her. The imagery evoked by the red cape for most readers is one of familiarity. As children, many watched as that little red cape traipsed across Saturday morning cartoons with carefree bliss. Conversely, that red cape serves as a beacon in the forest, a brilliant splash of primary color in a neutral world, almost guaranteeing the notice of the predator that awaits her. The wolf has no chance to miss his target, as she blazes with color through his domain. Upon their first encounter in the woods, Red has no fear of the wolf. Perrault states she “did not know it was dangerous to. . .talk to a wolf” (1575)...
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...In the Woods with Red, the Wolf, and Perrault Over time, the story of Little Red Riding Hood has seen hundreds of different interpretations, versions, and changes. Charles Perrault, a 17th century author, wrote the first publication of this story to reflect that young children, particularly young girls, are wrong to listen to strangers, in this case wolves, and that in doing so, said strangers will undoubtedly get their delicious meal in the end. In Perrault’s version, the male and female are depicted in a very particular way, which is ultimately a reflection of the culture and society of the time. Given this society, and the status of women, it is clear that Perrault is criticizing the gender representation through. While Little Red Riding Hood is a classic tale, it holds a more valuable meaning than society realizes. The story of Little Red Riding Hood has a particular depiction of both men and women. In the story, men are depicted as a “metaphor, a stand-in for male seducers who lure young women into their beds.” (Tater 5). This depiction, while true, is not complete. The wolf is in fact luring Red into the bed with him, after she has taken her clothes off, and although it is not explicitly stated, the action of a girl removing her clothing and climbing into bed with a man implies a sense of sexuality. Additionally, though, the male is depicted as duplicitous and dominant. In several instances throughout the story, the wolf clearly tricks Red and her grandmother into believing...
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...A huntsman saved Little Red Hood and her granny after they were eaten alive by a wolf. Wolf tricked Hood into picking flower as he headed down the road to granny’s home. When he arrived to the home he knocked at the door and entered after receiving no response. Wolf then ate granny alive when he got to her room. According to Sarah Griffiths in her article on history of Little Red Hood states that Little Red Hood’s story first appeared in Europe during the first century. The story of this young girl dates back to about 2,000 years ago and is considered to be a folktale. “It's a story told around the world. Little Red Riding Hood goes to visit her grandmother, only to discover that a wolf has eaten the old lady, dressed in her clothes, and now...
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...THE REAL MEANING BEHIND LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD APRIL V. SLAUGHTER INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE (ENG 125) DAVID MAKHANLALL 4 MARCH 2013 I will be describing the theme of Little Red Riding Hood, and the real meaning behind this story. The elements that I found that will be contributing to the theme, is symbolism and the point of view. The point of view is described in our text as is third-person objective, which the narrator takes a detached approach to the characters and action increasing the dramatic effect of the story (Clugston, R. W. 2010). Plot is described as “a dynamic element in fiction, a sequence of interrelated, conflicting actions and events that typically build to a climax and bring about a resolution.” (Clugston, R. W. 2010 Ch. 5) To me the theme in the story is how Little Red is coming into her own maturity. With identifying the point of view of the story, you first need to know that the narrator is not telling the story in the first-person point of view, the first-person point of view is when one of the characters in the story, telling their own thoughts or feelings. Third-person point of view is when the narrator is not a character in the story. There are a couple different types of third-person point of view, omniscient, and objective. Omniscient point of view is when the narrator is knows or can relate to the characters, there is a second type of omniscient point of view is limited omniscient point of view which is when the narrator relates only...
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...the inner problems of human beings, and of the right solutions to their predicaments in any society, than from any other type of story within a child’s comprehension.” (270) I agree with Bettelheim’s claim that Fairy tales are essential for children as they teach children copious lessons. They are likely to recall these tales even as they grow older. In their versions of “Little Red Riding Hood”, Roald Dahl and James Thurber teach children why it is important to be independent, intuitive and always aware of danger. Unlike many other fairy tales, both these versions of “Little Red Riding Hood” assure girls that they do not need a prince to save them. Roald Dahl’s version as well as Thurber’s encourages children to be independent. In both stories the girl kills the ‘Wolf’ without any help. Readers might argue that the pistol carried by the girl teaches children to resort to violence. However, the pistol must be viewed as a metaphor for an object of self-defense. Not many little girls would be carrying a pistol for their safety. However they could use something else which would help them stand up to a ‘Wolf’. They may even use their intelligence as a tool of self-defense because danger will not always be in a physical form. It may be emotional. In...
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...stories, they are often provoked with different emotions. I recently experienced this when reading Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s “Little Red Cap,” and Charles Perrault’s “Little Red Riding Hood.” Due to my new maturity and knowledge, I was able to interpret the author'sauthors’ pieces of work in new ways. Their strategic use of pathos led me to be overcome with a feeling of worry, disappointment, and frustration. Despite the fact that they both induced me to experience similar emotional responses, I found myself responding more strongly to one than the other. In both fairy tales Red Riding Hood is described...
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