Little Red Riding Hood Metaphors

Paragraph 1: Introduction

Little Red Riding Hood is a worldwide famous fairy-tale by Charles Perrault. The text is based on a young girl with the nickname of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, because of her red hood, who ventures into the forest sent by her mother to give some cakes to her sick grandmother, throughout her journey she is encountered by a Wolf whose true intentions are disguised as good ones. Further into the story as a result of the foolishness displayed through both Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother, they are both killed and eaten by the Wolf. A wide range of literary devices and dystopian themes are displayed throughout the text to keep the reader captivated and on the edge of their seat with anticipation as to what is going

When analysing the text, we can see that the Wolf is really a disguise the author has used to tell a human story of manipulation. The Wolf is at first displayed to be tame and gentle and even offers to play a friendly game with Little Red Riding Hood. This immediately raises suspicion within the audience as to what the Wolfs true intentions are as Wolfs in such fairy tales as this are usually portrayed as ‘big’ ‘sinister’ and ‘evil.’ An example of this would be such as in three little pigs, if you are unfamiliar with this novel, it is about three pigs who are attempting to build a house to protect themselves from the big, bad wolf trying to blow their houses down and eat them. Two of the three pigs fail and are eaten by the menacing wolf and the last little pig is successful. In real life aswell wolfs are negative and someone wanting to interact with one out of pure interest and admiration for them is highly unlikely. Further into the text we discover the Wolf wants to eat both Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother and does so in a time of weakness. Perrault’s version of Little Red Riding Hood was an urge for young girls to not engage with strangers because the gentlest and obliging wolves can be the most dangerous of all. Little Red Riding Hoods mother’s instructions to not speak with anyone within the forests already emphasizes the moral of not engaging with strangers. The symbolism of child foolishness is displayed through Little Red Riding Hood. Her vulnerability immediately intensifies as she enters the forest, her intentions being innocent, when she meets the Wolf and begins to chat with him upon her mother telling her not to engage with strangers. This is seen as gullible and naïve all these traits being associated with children. As Little Red Riding Hood agrees to play the seemingly fun game with the Wolf to race to her grandmother’s house,