C LIT 128A Chapter 1: Little Red Riding Hood Varations
Charles Perrault (1628 - 1703)
- Wolf eats both Little Red Riding Hood & the grandmother
- Asks the girl to undress & get in bed with him
- Serves to warn young girls to stay on guard against all sorts of men
- “Sweetest tongue has the sharpest tooth”
Grimm Brothers
- Little Red Cap & grandma get eaten up by wolf
- Huntsman cuts open the wolf with his axe & frees them
- One day another wolf tried doing the same thing
- They were able to trick the other wolf with a bucket of sausages, making him fall off the
roof to his death
Charles Marelle (1827 - 1892)
- Little Golden-hood
- Her golden hood had special powers that burned the wolf’s mouth when he tried to eat
her
- Wolf didn’t eat grandma because she went out to town to get some herbs
- Grandma came back & throws the wolf into a well where he drowns
Walter de la Mare (1872 - 1956)
- Little girl begged for a scarlet cloak & cared a lot about her appearance
- She is rude when she gets to her grannie’s house & demands treats
- Both are eaten by wolf & saved by huntsman who peered through the cottage window &
saw the wolf in a food coma
Catherine Storr (1913 - 2001)
- Little Polly Riding Hood is too smart for the wolf to eat
- Modern day; taking buses & trains to get to grannie’s house
Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990)
- Wolf eats grandma
- Tries to eat the girl but she pulls out a pistol & shoots him
- Narrator comes across Miss Riding Hood but she is wearing a wolfskin coat
- feminist version
Tomi Ungerer (1931)
- Little Red Riding Hood picks berries from the wolf’s territory
- Wolf takes her as his bride because her mother & grandmother are so wretched
- Has kids with the wolf
- Grandmother shrinks to the size of a mouse
- Erotic side of the tale
- Courtly wolf & threatening grandmother
Tony Ross (1938)
Document Summary
Wolf eats both little red riding hood & the grandmother. Asks the girl to undress & get in bed with him. Serves to warn young girls to stay on guard against all sorts of men. Little red cap & grandma get eaten up by wolf. Huntsman cuts open the wolf with his axe & frees them. One day another wolf tried doing the same thing. They were able to trick the other wolf with a bucket of sausages, making him fall off the roof to his death. Her golden hood had special powers that burned the wolf"s mouth when he tried to eat her. Wolf didn"t eat grandma because she went out to town to get some herbs. Grandma came back & throws the wolf into a well where he drowns. Little girl begged for a scarlet cloak & cared a lot about her appearance. She is rude when she gets to her grannie"s house & demands treats.
