Plot Points
This happens to the wolf in Roald Dahl’s version, but not in Perrault’s. (Red Riding Hood uses this object to stop him)
What is a pistol?
This version of Little Red Riding Hood shows her as bold and fearless, even killing the wolf herself.
What is Roald Dahl’s version?
Perrault’s version ends with a clear moral warning children about this danger.
What is trusting strangers?
This version is written as a poem with dark humor and unexpected twists.
What is Roald Dahl’s version?
In Perrault’s story, the wolf does this before Little Red Riding Hood arrives, allowing him to impersonate someone.
What is he eats the grandmother and hides her body?
In Charles Perrault’s tale, this is the ultimate fate of Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother.
What is they are eaten by the wolf?
This author portrays Little Red Riding Hood as naïve and easily fooled, leading to her doom.
Who is Charles Perrault?
Dahl's humorous twist turns the story into an example of this theme—children taking power over danger.
What is empowerment / self-reliance?
This author uses a moralizing, cautionary tone intended to teach young girls a lesson.
Who is Perrault?
In Dahl’s poem, Little Red Riding Hood replaces her red cloak with this fashionable new item at the end.
What is a wolf-skin coat?
In both stories, this disguise is how the wolf tries to trick Little Red Riding Hood.
What is dressing as the grandmother?
In Roald Dahl’s poem, Little Red Riding Hood decides to keep this “souvenir” from the wolf.
What is his skin (which she turns into a coat)?
Perrault’s story warns that “wolves” may appear in this symbolic form.
What is charming or polite men with bad intentions?
Dahl’s rewriting belongs to this type of literary genre that parodies fairy tales.
What is a fractured fairy tale?
In Charles Perrault’s story, Little Red Riding Hood is delayed on her way to Grandma’s house because she stops to do this along the path.
What is pick flowers?