Fairy tales are a cultural icon, a collection of folk tales passed down orally until they were collected and generalized by the brothers Grimm in the nineteenth century. They have been retold and altered in many ways with changes to make them more family friendly or expansions to adapt into other forms of entertainment. Fairy tales are a fantastic meter to measure society and its cultural norms. The original fairy tales were told differently according to the area with details being switched around so the people could relate to the characters. Variations of the popular modern story Little Red Riding Hood are prime examples of this. In an older version Little Red was “A slut (is she) who eats the flesh and drinks the blood of her granny.” and
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One interpretation of the character from the television show ‘Once Upon a Time’ where Red Riding Hood is the wolf that attacked her grandmother. This version shows how there is no such thing as true innocence and that everyone has a dark side. The character even mentions this herself by saying “My mother wanted me to choose between being a wolf and being a human. Granny did, too. You are the only person who ever thought it was okay for me to be both,” (Red Riding Hood. 2-7). Another character that alludes to Little Red Riding Hood heavily is Ruby Rose from the web series ‘RWBY’. While she looks similar to the ‘classic’ image of Little Red who Charles Perrault called “the prettiest that had ever been seen,” (1) and even wears a trademark long red hood like the ‘classical’ version but is introduced killing wolf creatures called Grimm with a scythe that is also a gun and training for a position in the monster-hunting field called a ‘Huntsman’. This version of the character is more in line with modern day feminist values as Ruby is there to save herself. A far more subtle allusion come in the movie ‘Nerve’ as the hero V is on her way to the grand climax. In the beginning she disobeyed her mother by going into the city alone and becoming embroiled in a massive and extremely dangerous game. At the end she changes into an ill fitting oversized red hoodie as she nervously
One interpretation of the character from the television show ‘Once Upon a Time’ where Red Riding Hood is the wolf that attacked her grandmother. This version shows how there is no such thing as true innocence and that everyone has a dark side. The character even mentions this herself by saying “My mother wanted me to choose between being a wolf and being a human. Granny did, too. You are the only person who ever thought it was okay for me to be both,” (Red Riding Hood. 2-7). Another character that alludes to Little Red Riding Hood heavily is Ruby Rose from the web series ‘RWBY’. While she looks similar to the ‘classic’ image of Little Red who Charles Perrault called “the prettiest that had ever been seen,” (1) and even wears a trademark long red hood like the ‘classical’ version but is introduced killing wolf creatures called Grimm with a scythe that is also a gun and training for a position in the monster-hunting field called a ‘Huntsman’. This version of the character is more in line with modern day feminist values as Ruby is there to save herself. A far more subtle allusion come in the movie ‘Nerve’ as the hero V is on her way to the grand climax. In the beginning she disobeyed her mother by going into the city alone and becoming embroiled in a massive and extremely dangerous game. At the end she changes into an ill fitting oversized red hoodie as she nervously