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    Pre-paragraph:
    The conventional elements that were most prominent in showing the
    differences between the two versions would be the trickery of the villain, and
    the rescue of the protagonist. My thesis for this RA is that the change in
    wolfs trickery and rescue of Little Red Riding Hood from Perraults version of
    the story to Brothers Grimms version of the story derives from the change in
    societys values and perspectives as the general audience for fairy tales in
    19th century came to include the younger audience with strictly Protestant
    grown audience, while 17th centurys audience was limited to the aristocratic
    and royal adult members of the society. In order to effectively prove such
    impact of change in rhetorical situation on the evolution of the story Little
    Red Riding Hood, I would need to research the historical and social
    background of 17th century France versus 19th century Germany, while
    incorporating the authors lifestyle, and the reviews that they have received
    from their audience.
    Make the purpose of essay clear : understanding rhetorical analysis. exists in every aspects of communications. How do the texts reflect their
    rhetorical situations? (in this case, were focusing on fairy tale genre of such
    cases) (shows the progresses in the genre as the time period progresses)
    (rhetoric, rhetorical analysis. etc) (definition & history/origin of the genre in
    the introduction)
    Little Red Riding Hood red

    audience - 17th century to 19th century


    Quotes & information from the time period
    outside sources - explaining the time period

    Title

    Le Petit Chaperon
    Rouge

    Little Red Cap

    Author

    Charles Perrault

    Brothers Grimm

    Time period

    17th century

    19th century

    Country

    France

    Germany

    Summary

    Little Red Riding Hood


    goes over to
    grandmas, gets tricked
    by wolf and gets eaten
    along with her grandma

    Little Red Riding Hood


    goes over to
    grandmas, gets tricked
    by wolf and gets eaten
    along with her
    grandma but gets
    rescued by a huntsman,
    and learns how not to
    become a victim again.

    Elements: Trickery

    "and I'll go and see her


    too. I'll go this way and
    go you that, and we
    shall see who will be
    there first."

    "Listen, Little Red Cap,


    haven't you seen the
    beautiful flowers
    growing in the forest?
    Why don't you look
    around?..."

    Elements: Rescue

    And, saying these


    words, this wicked wolf
    fell upon Little Red
    Riding Hood, and ate
    her all up.

    "...he[huntsman] took
    some scissors and cut
    open the wolf's belly.
    After he made a couple
    of cuts, he saw the little
    red cap shining forth..."

    https://ucirvine.instruct
    http://www.pitt.edu/~da ure.com/courses/1213/fi
    sh/perrault02.html
    les/364247/download?
    wrap=1

    First Analysis Point:


    Convention: Trickery & Archetypal character: big bad/Villain Villain tricks the protagonist & gets him/her into trouble.
    In this case, the wolf tricks Little Red Riding Hood
    Perrault: The wolfs trick is very passive & he tries
    not to get noticed by the huntsman in the woods- deems the
    Little Red Riding Hood to ver even more weak-minded, easily
    distracted, etc.
    sexism, and womens naivety to be easily
    be the target of villainy.
    Audience: adult women at the age to get
    married
    purpose: warning to the women audience
    that wolf appears tempting (young men who are trying to
    take womens virginity are tempting), and it is very easy to
    get into his tricks without even the wolf trying much.
    Brothers Grimm: The wolfs trick is very cunning,
    very well-made that its believable his trick is the only reason
    why Little Red Riding Hood drifted into the woods
    audience: young children
    purpose: to warn the young children
    about the cunning attackers outside, and how powerful
    their persuasion is that it is hard not to fall for it.

    Second Analysis Point:


    Convention: Rescue & archetypal character: huntsman - the
    protagonist gets rescued by a hero.
    Perrault: there is no rescue: once Little Red Riding
    Hood gets into bed with the wolf (who, by the way, has already
    eaten the grandmother), there is no turning back, and the story
    ends at where she is eaten up, dead.
    moral: once little red riding hood (young
    girls) fails to notice the wolf (tempting young men), her life
    ends there without point of return (young girls lose their
    opportunity forever).
    Mariage de raison: arranged marriage
    that constrained the young girls of aristocratic families to
    an arranged marriage with their virginity as a requirement.
    Once a girl loses virginity from wolfs temptations, her life
    as a good daughter of the family has been ruined.

    Brothers Grimm: a huntsman comes and saves both


    LIttle Red Riding Hood and the grandmother. Afterwards, they
    have learned their lessons not to lose to a wolf ever again.
    moral: there are a lot of dangers outside
    the house. When the weak (old and young) gets into
    trouble, the strong (father) will come to save you.
    Therefore, it is important to know how not to fall into such
    cunning minds outside trying to prey on you.
    Nuclear family & strong family bonds &
    roles of parents: Father is the bread-earner. Mother is
    housekeeper taking care of the children. The family
    structure decreased in size & became more strong.

    Conclusion:
    roots - branches >> origin of fairy tales to edited versions. Time
    period, countries, audience, author, culture everything comes in
    together to grow out completely different looking branches from one
    root. As Little Red Riding Hood went through 200 years of flow of time,
    the wolf has become more cunning, the girl has become more
    innocent, yet more cautious, and there has been created a hero.
    Sources:
    1) Buchinger, Michael. Desexualizing Little Red Riding Hood: A
    Comparison of Charles Perrault's and the Brothers Grimm's Versions of
    the Popular Fairy Tale. Diss.Academia, 15 Oct. 2003.
    2) Orenstein, Catherine. Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex,
    Morality and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale. New York: Basic Books, 2002
    3)https://web.archive.org/web/20140328002739/http://www.endicottstudio.com/rdrm/forconte.html
    4) Zipes, Jack. "Introduction: Rediscovering the Original Tales of the Brothers
    Grimm." The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes,
    trans. Princeton, NJ. Princeton UP: 2014, 1-26.
    5) http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairy%20tale
    6) http://mendelssohnsworld.blogspot.com/2009/08/being-german-in-early1800s.html

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