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Symbolism in the Stories

Little Red Riding Hood

Psychological/Sexual Innuendos

  • The disarming ability of nakedness, vulnerability
  • "Huge, Ah Huge" pg1090 p50
  • "All the better to hug you with" -- Cuddling
  • Unbroken egg
  • sealed vessel
  • magical space
  • plug of membrane
  • "The fall"
  • "nobody's meat" pg1092 p82

The "Red"

Portrayal of Woman/Girls

  • Perrault:
  • Helpless
  • Naive
  • Lack of experience
  • Grimm Brothers:
  • Socialable
  • Sweet Young Thing
  • Naive
  • Capability of deciding, but dumb
  • Carter
  • "youngest of her family"
  • fair
  • afraid of nothing
  • independent
  • Wise Child
  • All things intense and passionate
  • Blushing
  • Coming of age
  • Virginity / sexual development-- "Spilling Blood" pg1091 p64
  • Good Red:
  • "Cheeks are an emblematic scarlet" pg1088 p24
  • Bad Red:
  • "...her scarlet shawl....the color of sacrifices..." pg1091 p69

Significance of the wolves being men

  • Animalistic Abilities (stereotyped towards men)
  • Dominance
  • Wild
  • Untamed
  • Carnivore
  • Relatable: sociable, prideful, adaptable, cunning, smart

Making the Familiar...Unfamiliar

  • little red riding hood is a childhood story
  • Children take everything to be literal, for example the wolf
  • But when you're older, you understand symbolism, the story means much more psychologically and sexually

Similarities

The Importance of Symbolism

Differences

English 102

  • Main Messages:
  • All lessons for adolescent girls/women to learn
  • Stereotype of men being aggressive
  • The girl/woman in all the versions is beautiful, innocent, and unafraid
  • The girl/woman in all the versions veers off the "path"

  • To understand meaning of otherwise simple ideas to complex ideas.
  • To make things that are normally unacceptable seem acceptable.
  • Adds more depth to relevant concepts.
  • Can make ideas a "physical" property

  • Main Messages:
  • Perrault: Warns us not to trust strangers
  • Grimm Brothers: Emphasize how important it is to stay on trails
  • Carter: Everything you do is your own choice
  • Veering off "path":
  • 1st: accident (naive)
  • 2nd: tricked by the wolf
  • 3rd: dawdles on purpose
  • Use of symbols

How Everything Relates

Perspective

Thesis

  • Character Perspective Change:
  • Perrault: Good --> Bad
  • Grimm Brothers: Good --> Bad --> Good
  • Carter: Bad --> Good
  • Our Perspective Change:
  • first time read:
  • Don't talk to strangers
  • people aren't always who they seem to be
  • Now:
  • sexually charged
  • coming of age: individual choices
  • the wolf (as a concept) is dynamic
  • Symbolism is a way of expressing things that are considered unacceptable in society an acceptable way
  • Specific to this story: Symbolism is used to express human capabilities/raw human instincts
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