C LIT243 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Little Red Riding Hood, Red Riding, Slut
6 Apr 2016
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Balance of knowledge of texts understanding and socio-historical context or genre. People relied on the telling of tales to shorten the hours devoted to repetitive tasks and chores. This brings out a lot of bawdy comedy, action and violence. Brief, easy to memorize, includes elements of repetition. (undressing sequence and the dialogue between the girl and the wolf . References to cannibalism, sex, body and bodily functions. Wolf takes shorter path, kills grandma and puts some of her flesh and blood in the pantry. Girl comes in, wolf tells her to eat the blood and flesh in the pantry. Cat calls her a slut for eating the flesh and blood. Wolf tells the girl to take her clothes off and get into bed. Throw clothes in the fire since she won"t be needing them anymore. Wolf says that he is going to eat the girl. Girl tricks the wolf by saying that she needs to poop.
