The privelage had to be earned via status with the Royals and the like. Back in medieval times the "common man" was prohibited from owning books, or writing them. See, the story is an esoteric analogy of what's known as "the hero's journey" symbolized in many kid's stories. A lot adds to the present theme I'm about to explain. I believe this article should be taken down! LRRH is supposed to be a simple cautionary tale and by giving all these theories and myths you ruined childhood memories and made it more complex and disturbing for children. I think that you completely ruined this story for many people including the children. They were, of course, made to teach children lessons under a disguise of usually happy endings and friendly (or not so friendly) animals. :) Plus, fairytales have many hidden symbolism and many, like myself, enjoy finding these little details and try to decipher them. She died because she didn't want to kill the prince, and every step she took felt like needles. "The Little Mermaid" is a perfect example, where the mermaid didn't necessarily have a perfectly happy ending and story. "yeah" I'm sorry to break it to you, but a lot of fairytales were actually originally dark and sometimes didn't have a happy ending. He is, in the end, defeated by another aggressive and active male. The aggressive and active male is preying on passive heroine and her granny. Feminists see a clear case of rape in the story of the Little Red Riding Hood. The 20th century brought another interpretation of this (probably) most-interpreted fairy tale of all. A Feminist View: Red Riding Hood as a Story About Rape This supports theories by mythologists (we know some Greek gods were born out of heads) and is also in favor of psychoanalysts' interpretations, because the pregnant woman is in some cultures considered as a sacred object and her belly should not be touched by man. If we look at the older versions, where the saving was done by the father, it was not done by opening the stomach, but with cutting the wolf's head! Maybe too important to be assisted by anybody, and in this case, the huntsmen looks like greater authority than a father. Whether we understand the act of opening wolf's stomach as resurrection, sunrise, or birth, we can also agree this is a very important moment. in short: male! This is represented by a beast-the wolf. The second is more primitive, brutal, dangerous. First is the good, protective, civilized, and already-known huntsman. The father of the Red Riding Hood is split into two characters. The other explanation is slightly more complicated.He saved the girls, defeated the beast, and did what every good father would do. The role of the father is played by the huntsman. We have a missing father in both the Grimms' and Perrault's versions of Red Riding Hood. theories about the story's absent father (where is he, anyway?)Įverybody familiar with the Brothers Grimm is already aware how many absent fathers are in their fairy tales.Let's look at Little Red Riding Hood through these different lenses: The Grimms' Red Cap doesn't do that: She just approaches the wolf and gets eaten. This version is not appropriate for kids, and it really never was intended for a young audience in the first place.
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