Perrault's version contains Little Red Riding Hood invited into Grandma's
house by the wolf. The girl disrobed but the wolf only asked her to put
down the basket and climb into bed with him. Once voicing her perplexion
over the wolf's physical appearance, she was promptly gobbled up. The
moral of the tale warns young girls, though they must be "pretty,
well-bred, and genteel," (Tatar 12) that a man can be a wolf. A wolf
is the symbolism of a seducer. While wolves come in many forms, "tame
wolves are the most dangerous of all" (Tatar 13). In this time era,
women that were not chaste were condemned from society and given a social
death. The Brothers Grimm gave Little Red Riding Hood redemption by
adding a huntsman to rescue both women. The huntsman saves both by
cutting open the wolf with a pair of scissors. The moral of this story is
that a husband or a father can give the girl a second chance to redeem herself
and forgiver her for her actions.
As the time changed, society had begun to give women more societal freedom and
rights. In today's time, women do not follow the rules spoken of by
Perrault and Brothers Grimm. Women have the right to have pre-marital
relations without fearing extreme consequences or to form and leave several
relationships. Of course, pre-marital relations consequences depend on
culture, age, and acceptance of said action. The woman can play with the wolf
than leave him if she so wishes. Advertisement today actually encourages men to
be wolves by posing women in alluring positions in order to sell their
products.
Works
Cited
Orenstein,
Catherine. Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, And The Evolution
Of A Fairy Tale. Jackson: Basic Books, 2003. Print.Tatar, Maria. "Little Red Riding Hood." The Classic Fairy Tales. Ed. New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc, 1999. ix - 22. Print.
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