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    Little Red Riding Hood: An Alternative Earlier in the story, Little Red Riding Hood is warned of strangers, but little does she know, there can be worse things. Meanwhile, the wolf ran straight to the grandmother’s house and knocked at the door. “Who is it?” a weary old woman’s voice croaked from behind the door. “It is I, Little Red Cap. I have come with cake and wine to soothe your tired soul” sang back the wolf, in the best Little Red Cap voice he could produce. Now, sick as she may be, grandmother was no fool. She had lived in these woods for years, and for many years, this wolf has tried to trick her. Only recently, fearing for her health, grandmother worried she would not be able to fight the wolf this time. She had prepared for such…

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    Little red riding hood, a classic tale about a young girl venturing through the forest to visit her elderly grandma. Over past centuries many versions have been written depicting their own differences. Charles Perrault 's 1697 version, Little Red riding hood can be contrasted in several ways against Brother Grimms ' version, Little Red cap. The tales begin by describing the protagonist, Little Red riding hood, after her red hood in Perrault’s version and red cap in Grimm 's version thus,…

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    The innocence of the hood Little red riding hood tendency to be very innocent in the big world puts the life of one in peril, resulting to only get bamboozled by thinking that the world’s a perfect place. Little red riding hood was very well connected to her grandmother who lives very nearby. Red always enjoyed visiting grandma and spending time there, as mentioned that her grandma lives closely. In the story labeled, Little Red Riding-Hood it states “the good women got made for her a little red…

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    old tale of a young girl that was on her way to her grandmas House through the woods has been passed down from generation to generation. The Tale of the little red riding hood has been around for centuries for young disobedient children. According to what was considered socially acceptable or wise behavior, The story has undergone some descendant changes in both a social and political standing. The story of the “Little Red Riding Hood” is descendent of an early tale by German Folklorist Jacob…

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    Throughout the book “Scarlet”, the author added quotes from the “Little Red Riding Hood” fairytales. After doing extended research trying to find out which tale these quotes had come. Sadly, only one quote was exactly how it was written in the fairytale, “She did not know that the wolf was a wicked sort of animal, and she was not afraid of him.”This quote is partially from the book Scarlet but is as well apart of the fairytale “Little Red Cap” written by none other than Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.…

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    The tale of Little Red Riding Hood (categorized as tale type 333--Little Red Riding Hood, or The Glutton) is one known to most children growing up; it is a narrative that has evolved epically throughout its incarnations, but at the center of the story is a story of sexual maturation which cannot be erased. By giving a young girl responsibility, we are able to see what she does with it--that is, by all logic, she squanders it on her own personal gain. The selfishness of the child, as contrasted…

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    and red top roofs. The village 's location had a spectacular view of the nature 's beauty. The village was surround by gradually increasing rows of bushes, and each row had a different shade of green. While at the top of mountain tall pine trees. The sun shined great life and peacefulness on the village. In that village lived a little small girl. She was known as the prettiest girl in the village and for her red riding hood that her grandmother had made. "Little Red why are so beautiful,"…

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    Little Red Riding Hood Revisited by Russell Baker In an effort to make the classics accessible to contemporary readers, I am translating them into the modern American language. Here is the translation of the Little Red Riding Hood: Once upon a point in time, a small person named Little Red Riding Hood initiated plans for the preparation, delivery, and transportation of foodstuffs to her grandmother, a senior citizen residing at a place of residence in a wooded area of indeterminate…

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    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…

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    I can say that opposed to other versions of “Little Red Riding Hood” I have come to enjoy your version of “Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf most of all. However, I would like to know why did you decide to go straight to the part where the wolf eats the grandmother? I feel that we need to know more of about “LRRH” and how she becomes an epitome of Lara Croft. In the original version “LRRH” is perceived as a naïve young girl who takes baked goods to her sick grandmother and is eaten up by the…

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