Inspired by the classic folktale of Little Red Riding Hood and its variations in Maria Tartar’s “The Classic Fairytales,” my group decided we wanted to revamp this classic story into a modernized setting with a twist. This story became known as “Little Red Riding Hood Rampage.” We wanted to work with all the given elements in the folktale and retell the story with reworked characters, voice, sequence, plot, conflict, and resolution. Though our rework of the tale compares and contrasts with other variations, it doesn 't change the fact that most folklore tales are violent because of one’s exposure to vulnerabilities of themselves or of other people. In other terms, people will go through extreme measures to protect themselves or to harm other
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Little Red Riding Hood was described to be an "attractive, well-bred young lady" of the village. The girl is deceived by the wolf by leading the girl to divulge information about her grandmother’s whereabouts as well as avoiding the woodcutters. Ultimately, the wolf makes his arrival to the house first consumes her grandmother. He deceives Little Red Riding Hood again, but this time by dressing in her grandmother 's clothing asking her to climb up onto the bed. The wolf ends up consuming both the grandmother and the girl, and where the story ends. Perrault’s moral of this story essentially states that young children shouldn’t listen or talk to strangers, even if they seem friendly. This story was intended for late 17th century French court of King Louis …show more content…
The grandmother was vulnerable to the wolf because she did not expect the unexpected. She believed the wolf when she was told it was Little Red Riding Hood, allowing access for the wolf lead to gobble her up whole. Little Red Riding Hood was a young and innocent girl, which eventually led her naiveness to lead to deception of the wolf, and to her being eaten as well. The wolf is vulnerable because he needs to eat in order to stay alive, otherwise he would starve to its death. As seen in the Grimm brother’s modification of the original story, the wolf’s vulnerability lead him to the trap set up by the girl and the grandmother, which ultimately caused the wolf’s death by
Little Red Riding Hood was described to be an "attractive, well-bred young lady" of the village. The girl is deceived by the wolf by leading the girl to divulge information about her grandmother’s whereabouts as well as avoiding the woodcutters. Ultimately, the wolf makes his arrival to the house first consumes her grandmother. He deceives Little Red Riding Hood again, but this time by dressing in her grandmother 's clothing asking her to climb up onto the bed. The wolf ends up consuming both the grandmother and the girl, and where the story ends. Perrault’s moral of this story essentially states that young children shouldn’t listen or talk to strangers, even if they seem friendly. This story was intended for late 17th century French court of King Louis …show more content…
The grandmother was vulnerable to the wolf because she did not expect the unexpected. She believed the wolf when she was told it was Little Red Riding Hood, allowing access for the wolf lead to gobble her up whole. Little Red Riding Hood was a young and innocent girl, which eventually led her naiveness to lead to deception of the wolf, and to her being eaten as well. The wolf is vulnerable because he needs to eat in order to stay alive, otherwise he would starve to its death. As seen in the Grimm brother’s modification of the original story, the wolf’s vulnerability lead him to the trap set up by the girl and the grandmother, which ultimately caused the wolf’s death by