Introduction

Use this paragraph as the introduction and thesis to the essay.

Bruno Bettelheim has argued that fairy tales often deal with psychological conflicts by expressing them in symbolism and metaphor. The fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" has been seen as a cautionary tale for young women, warning them against giving into male sexual desires. Women are expected to keep themselves pure until marriage and resist the temptations of those "wolves" who would take away their virginity and innocence. The moral at the end of Charles Perrault's version of "Little Red Riding Hood" is typical of this view of the story as a cautionary tale about sexual predators using the wolf as a metaphor. "The Company of Wolves" by Angela Carter re-invents the fairy tale of "Little Red Riding Hood" from a story of male domination, sexual conquest, and rape to a tale of a young woman recognizing and accepting her sexual desires, "taming the wolf" by her love.

In an essay of at least 1100 words, examine the significance of how Angela Carter re-frames and re-imagines "Little Red Riding Hood," supporting the argument by relevant and specific details from the primary and secondary sources.

Primary Sources

• "Little Red Riding Hood" - Grimm's fairy tale
• "Little Red Riding Hood" by Charles Perrault
• "The Company of Wolves" by Angela Carter

Secondary Sources (required)

• Lappas, Catherine. "'Seeing Is Believing, but Touching Is the Truth': Female Spectatorship and Sexuality in The Company of Wolves." Women's Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, Jan. 1996, p. 115. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/00497878.1996.9979099. (Link to article )

• Swyt, Wendy. "'Wolfings': Angela Carter's becoming-narrative." Studies in Short Fiction, vol. 33, no. 3, 1996, p. 315+. Gale Literature Resource Center, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A20877857/GLS?u=tel_a_cstcc&sid=bookmark-GLS&xid=3a4e67ed. Accessed 9 Aug. 2021.

• Wielgus, Katarzyna. "The Beast Within: Animalization in Angela Carter's Revision of Little Red Riding Hood." Odisea (Almería, Spain), no. 15 (2017): 189-203. (Link to article )

Requirements

• Length: Your essay must be a minimum of 1100 words.
• Documentation Format: You must include an MLA formatted Works Cited page that includes correctly formatted internal citations for all source material used.
• Sources: You are restricted to the story by Carter and the three secondary sources provided in Module 3. However, you may also include the Grimm brothers and Perrault versions of the stories. If so, be sure to include them on the Works Cited page.
• Number of sources: You must make frequent references to specific details in Carter's story as well as using each of the three secondary sources at least once. All use of sources, primary and secondary, should be properly documented.
• Format: The essay must be in MSWord format (.doc or .docx)

For this essay, students may use a dictionary to help with words with which they are not familiar but should not refer to the dictionary definitions in the essay.

Students must use MLA style documentation. Internal citations should identify the author and page number for the primary sources. For secondary sources, with the Lappas and the Wielgus articles, include the author's name and the page number being cited. Swyt's article does not have page numbers, so all internal citations for Swyt should be (Swyt).

Note: Students must also include an MLA Works Cited page.

Students should proofread carefully their final drafts for spelling, grammar, and punctuation as well as clarity, conciseness, and completeness. The final draft should be typed, double spaced, with one inch margins, in Times New Roman 12 pt. The essay should be a minimum of 1100 words.

The essay will be evaluated based on how well students develop their arguments with significant support from the poems (thesis, topic sentences, supporting details from the poems); clarity, cohesion, and conciseness; correct use of MLA format; and grammar and spelling.

Important: Students are forbidden from using any source material other than those identified for this assignment.