The Little Red Riding Hood Analysis

The tale of the Little Red Riding Hood has transformed over time being passed down from generation to generation. The version of these two tales most everyone knows is the innocent story we once heard as children known as The Little Red Cap, a short story by the Grimm Brothers. Although there are innocent versions of this tale there are also versions that could be considered to be more scandalous, such as Angela Carter’s The Company of Wolves. Throughout history there have been many different stories with the same moral that slightly differentiate.
The first published version of this tale is known as Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), which was written by Charles Perrault. It was then translated from French to English and later rewritten by the Grimm Brothers and renamed The Little Red Cap. The heroine in this story is described as a young, naïve, and innocent girl whom everyone favored. This specific version has a happy ending and only includes content for children to enjoy. “The Grimms' happy ending also reflected educational views of their day. It was thought that a child must derive moral lessons from every event, experience, or story to which he is exposed. …show more content…
When we go below the surface level of these two very different stories we begin to realize the true meaning and life lesson. We begin to understand that in reality this fairytale is cautioning us of pedophiles. It is an outstanding warning of the sexual intentions strangers have upon innocent children.
Little Red Riding Hood is a story that everyone is told at an early age, but as children we never really understand the background of the story. As we grow older we learn to dig deep into the context of the items in which we read. We begin to realize that everything we read is not just surface level. It has a deeper, more emotional meaning than just what the eye can