Little Red Riding Hood Comparisons

Every man has three characters: that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.
Alphonse Karr

Especially in quality literature

Below is a chart that compares the character of Little Red Riding Hood in three versions. With an empty category to add another version.

	Oral - Zikes	Perrault	Grimm brothers	Italian version
Heroine	Little girl - crafty and capable of saving herself	foolish and gets eaten	Little Red Cap Sweet little maiden.
Granny	Eaten	Eaten	Loved LRC most, made for her a red velvet cap
Mother	Take this hot loaf and bottle of milk to your granny	Take cake and little pot of butter to your grandmother	Asks to take cake and wine to ailing grandmother gives warnings: do not stray from the path, be courteous,
Antagonist	Werewolf (male?)	Wolf	Wolf - greedy wants to eat LRC and granny, suggests to enjoy the scenery
Other Characters		Woodcutters	Woodcutter - enters sees a problem uses scissors to rescue both, put rocks in their place (Cronos myth), Wolf falls down dead.
Themes	Cannibalism - eats grandma flesh and drinks blood Sexual component - undressing before coming to bed, throw clothes in fire going outside or in bed crafty or quick witted can out fox a wolf Child - adult Uncivilized - civilized	Sexual component - undressing before coming to bed, Written moral well bred young ladies, should never talk to strangers, if they are foolish enough to do so, they should not be surprised ifthey become dinner for a greedy wolf ... Sophisticated - foolish in the real world	Wolf asks what she carries under her apron Includes moral at the end with LRC thinking - never stray form path or go into forest when mom has forbidden it	Cannibalism - eats grandma in tortellini, lasagne, and manfettini
Style	Path of needles and path of pins Woolen rope
Magic	Talking cat
Objects	hot loaf and bottle of milk, yarn	Red Riding hood, cake and little pot of butter

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