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A Feminist View: Red Riding Hood as a Story About Rape This supports theories by mythologists (we know some Greek gods were born out of heads) and is also in favor of psychoanalysts' interpretations, because the pregnant woman is in some cultures considered as a sacred object and her belly should not be touched by man. If we look at the older versions, where the saving was done by the father, it was not done by opening the stomach, but with cutting the wolf's head! Maybe too important to be assisted by anybody, and in this case, the huntsmen looks like greater authority than a father. Whether we understand the act of opening wolf's stomach as resurrection, sunrise, or birth, we can also agree this is a very important moment. in short: male! This is represented by a beast-the wolf. The second is more primitive, brutal, dangerous. First is the good, protective, civilized, and already-known huntsman. The father of the Red Riding Hood is split into two characters.

The other explanation is slightly more complicated.

He saved the girls, defeated the beast, and did what every good father would do.

The role of the father is played by the huntsman.

We have a missing father in both the Grimms' and Perrault's versions of Red Riding Hood.

theories about the story's absent father (where is he, anyway?)Įverybody familiar with the Brothers Grimm is already aware how many absent fathers are in their fairy tales.

Let's look at Little Red Riding Hood through these different lenses: The Grimms' Red Cap doesn't do that: She just approaches the wolf and gets eaten. This version is not appropriate for kids, and it really never was intended for a young audience in the first place.

Perrault's Red Riding Hood takes her clothes off and gets into bed with the wolf.It is supposed to have a strong symbolic meaning-and we will deal with that later! Psychoanalysts were especially excited over a bottle of wine added by William Grimm. The content of the basket is not the same in both cases.Perrault warns us not to trust strangers and the Brothers Grimm emphasize how important is to stay on the trail. The messages of both fairy tales differ.In the beginning of Perrault's story, the mother gives the daughter a basket and sends her to her grandmother with the words: "Do not talk to strangers!" The warning about not leaving the path was an addition by the Grimms.Well, this is not the only difference! I will present just a few-some may be negligible at first sight, but if we take a few moments to think them over, we'll notice that every single detail can make a huge difference. We read only a conclusion in verse saying not to trust strangers. The main difference is the absence of the hunter in Perrault's story: In this case, the story ends when the wolf eats the girl.

The summary of Red Riding Hood is basically the same in both versions. So let's take a look at Perrault's Little Red Riding Hood (Le Petit Chaperon Rouge)! What Is Different in Perrault's Version?