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    story of Little Red Riding Hood . When applying Little Red Riding Hood to todays society I believe the thing that relates to it the most is crimes done against innocent people . I can also see how it relates to children who are easily manipluated . The story Little Red Riding Hood is based on a young girl with the hopes of reaching her grandmothers house to bring her something nice . In other words people with good intensions are often taken advantage of . A Little Red Riding Hood in today's…

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    The constellation I have chosen to study for this assignment is that of Lupus. Lupus is Latin for “wolf” and is located in the southern hemisphere and was one of the 48 original listed by Ptolemy, a second century astronomer, despite previously being an asterism associated with Centaurus. In mythology, it is thought that Lupus represents the African dog of the first King of Arcadia. It wasn’t until Ptolemy called the constellation “Lupus” that the constellation was associated with the wolf as…

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    character’s, unlike the little red. in the little red, the little red riding hood had a conversation to a stranger and said what she going to do. Also in the little red the Wolf had died form disembowelment. Just like in both the good characters lived in the end, but in the little red a fourth character was introduced: Lumber Jack. The stories both had a happy endings, if i was in one of the stories it would be little red riding hood, because the…

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    Many artists in popular culture tend to incorporate fairy tale elements in their work. These elements can be found in work such as television, literature, art, advertising, etc. While “LITTLE RED CAP” and Taken differ in plots, Taken contains the fairy-tale elements of youthful innocence, and danger which are central to the fairy tale. The movie is about a seventeen year-old girl named Kim who gets kidnapped by the Albanian mafia and used for prostitution and woman trafficking along with other…

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    plots of the tale. For instance many know the tale of the little girl going off into the woods alone wearing a red hood, known as Little Red Riding Hood. Little Red Riding Hood has many variants; versions where Little Red is foolish and ultimately eaten and others where she is fearless and meets the end she is content with. The tale of Little Red Riding Hood variations relate to the specified societies the tale was written for. The Story of Grandmother by Paul Delarue is one of the variations…

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    Who are Brothers Grimm? Brothers Grimm were two brothers who were known for writing fairy tales in Germany in the 1800’s. These brothers created long lasting fairy tales that are even told today in ways such as movie versions for kids as well as books. The Grimm brothers have written hundreds of fairy tales, which include two specific ones that will be discussed in this paper: Little Red Cap and Cinderella. Little Red Cap is a story of a little girl who has to deliver goods to her grandmother…

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    Fairy tales have become so established in the present day that we almost feel as though we are born with them. Almost anyone could recite the story of Jack and the Beanstalk or Cinderella, though not many of us would be able to identify where we originally learnt the tale. Predominantly, picture books and fairy tales are used to inform and entertain children, with illustrations being particularly useful as a way of communicating beyond language barriers, helping the reader make sense of phrases…

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    I am certain that everyone can name numerous fairy tales. The most popular ones such as “Cinderella”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, and “Beauty and the Beast” are well known among the young and the elderly with a slight difference due to the various versions. The fairy tales that the elderly know are generally dark and disturbing while the most recent ones are happy and fantasy like. They attract more the little girls who want to be pretty princesses. In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë does not seem to…

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    The case of the Capitoline wolf Capitoline Wolf Until recently, this bronze statue was considered to be one of the most iconic pieces of the archaic period, created in 5th century BC. This bronze statue is modeled after the ancient legend of Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. Roman history tells a story of two young children who were sent away to die, but luckily were saved by a she-wolf who raised them until they could care for themselves. The wolf is positioned in a threatening/…

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    Maleficent: changing points of view An adaptation is a retelling of an original text. However, as stated by Linda Hutcheon in her A Theory of Adaptation, the final product (the adaptation) is an entirely autonomous derivation, and its aim is to either keep a story alive, or tell the story in a different way (2006: 9). As most fairy tales, Sleeping Beauty is a straightforward example of reinterpreting a story in order for it to never die. This classic tale has been the source of inspiration for…

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