Fairy tales have been used for centuries to pass on morals and principles to children. The fairy tales use various means to get their points across, but each one has a theme that the child is expected to understand. In the case of Little Red Riding Hood, the characters and their interactions are used to share the moral. However, the supposed moral is conflicted when the reader takes a deeper look into the seemingly simple tale. Little Red Riding Hood symbolizes innocence and being naive while the wolf is evil. The story seems to be telling the reader not to trust strangers and not to blindly believe everyone around you. However, it is interesting to note that Little Red Riding Hood is dull whereas the wolf is cunning. Ultimately, the wolf is
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Although he recognizes that he can not immediately eat Little Red Riding Hood, he is quick to come up with a new plan. After all, he is desperate, and has not eaten in “three days.” Regardless of his famished body, the wolf “ran as fast as he could” to ensure that he beat Little Red Riding Hood to her grandmother’s home. He took “the shortest path” as well, demonstrating his ability to think ahead and prepare for the future. Upon reaching the little house, he speaks to the grandmother by pretending to be Little Red Riding Hood and “counterfeiting her voice.” When Little Red Riding Hood arrives, he attempts to sound like the grandmother by “softening his voice.” He attempts to look like the grandmother by “hiding himself under the bedclothes.” He therefore successfully fools to people into thinking he is not only human but also female. Finally, the wolf is able to repeatedly come up with excuse after excuse for his appearance so that Little Red Riding Hood does not suspect anything. The tale of Little Red Riding Hood is not necessarily about trusting strangers but moreso about the importance of being smart and witty. By being even more cunning and devising a sneaky plan to eat Little Red Riding Hood in the privacy of her grandmother’s home, the wolf is actually rewarded by being able to feed on not just one human but two. Rather than looking at the story at though Little Red Riding Hood is the main character who is being punished, the story and it’s moral completely changes when it is looked at as though the wolf is the main character who is
Although he recognizes that he can not immediately eat Little Red Riding Hood, he is quick to come up with a new plan. After all, he is desperate, and has not eaten in “three days.” Regardless of his famished body, the wolf “ran as fast as he could” to ensure that he beat Little Red Riding Hood to her grandmother’s home. He took “the shortest path” as well, demonstrating his ability to think ahead and prepare for the future. Upon reaching the little house, he speaks to the grandmother by pretending to be Little Red Riding Hood and “counterfeiting her voice.” When Little Red Riding Hood arrives, he attempts to sound like the grandmother by “softening his voice.” He attempts to look like the grandmother by “hiding himself under the bedclothes.” He therefore successfully fools to people into thinking he is not only human but also female. Finally, the wolf is able to repeatedly come up with excuse after excuse for his appearance so that Little Red Riding Hood does not suspect anything. The tale of Little Red Riding Hood is not necessarily about trusting strangers but moreso about the importance of being smart and witty. By being even more cunning and devising a sneaky plan to eat Little Red Riding Hood in the privacy of her grandmother’s home, the wolf is actually rewarded by being able to feed on not just one human but two. Rather than looking at the story at though Little Red Riding Hood is the main character who is being punished, the story and it’s moral completely changes when it is looked at as though the wolf is the main character who is