Little Red Riding Hood Comparative Essay

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In the two fables, “Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears”, there are several differences and similarities present.
In the stories, the surface similarities are setting, protagonist, morals, and plot. For example, they both take place in a forest. Goldilocks wanders around and winds up getting lost there while Little Red Riding Hood is on a journey for her grandmother. Although they have different motives for venturing into the woods, the location is the same. In addition, the girls both have encounters with wild animals. In Goldilocks’s case, she travels to a small cottage that belonged to three bears. She decides to enter the small cottage and look around. As she is checking the area out, the bears come
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For instance, in The Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the main character, Goldilocks, is not wounded. She may have broken into the cottage, but she was able to escape without coming face to face with any of the bears. This is not the same for Red. In Little Red Riding Hood, the wolf eats Little Red. Even though the huntsman saved her by cutting the creature’s body open, she still came to harm. Little Red was not as lucky as Goldilocks, getting swallowed by a wild animal. Also, in Little Red Riding Hood, the wolf invades her grandmother’s house. He is the stranger in the fable. However, in The Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Goldilocks is considered the stranger. She is the one breaking into someone else’s house, going through property that isn’t hers. Finally, in Little Red Riding Hood, not every character survives. The savage wolf is killed by the huntsman. On the other hand, In Goldilocks and the Three Bears, everyone lives. Goldilocks is able to flee quickly and save herself from incoming danger while the bears do not come in contact with anyone. To conclude, there are bound to be various differences between two writing

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