Little Red Riding Hood: Perrault Versus Dahl

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Perrault:

-in the first printing, Red dies.

-2nd printing, she survives because the huntsman saves her.

-Red Riding Hood gives young women the fear that you do not get your life back after getting in bed with a wolf.

-even when there is a saving done, there is serious punishment--makes one think back to what had happened when there was no huntsman in the story

-don't talk to strangers. This is a sexual situation.

-running away is defense

-Red Riding Hood is a very young girl.

-does not matter if wolf is punished because Red is still punished

-interesting tales and details and telling that entices us

Dahl:

-funny--she is still surrounded by him, but his fur serves as a victory trophy rather than an encasement

-all the characters already know the story

-wolf is angry when Red does not follow the script

-if we did not know the story, we would not really get why this is funny

-no longer is Red a target for a predator

-entertaining cautionary tale--in early 17th C, werewolves were more popular,so other versions became about a werewolf--more human

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