A Comparison Of Little Red Riding Hood And Goldilocks And The Three Bears

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Many famous folk tales use animals as characters to keep children entertained with theirs antics while still learning a clever moral found within. Two widely-known folk tales, “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”, apply to this, but both contain different elements that they convey. A major part of any folk tale is their main character, in this case Goldilocks and Red Riding Hood. The decisions they make and how they react in their certain situations give off similar and different views. Get your cakes, porridge, and grandmas ready to eat because their decisions might be deeper in the forest than they thought. Starting off with their similarities, both characters seem to have a good case of common sense, one more than

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