Little Red Riding Hood Comparison

	Grimm Version	Lon Po Po (Chinese)	Perrault’s Version (1697)	Italian Middle Ages Version
“Good Character” Describe the Little Red Riding Hood character. What are her/their strengths? Weaknesses?
What warnings are given to Little Red Riding Hood either explicitly or implicitly? Think: What might the story warn us about?
“Evil Character” How is he characterized? What does he want?
How does the theme of Eating / Gluttony / and/or Starvation appear?
“Little Red Riding Hood” has been interpreted in many ways – as: a sexual awakening/puberty ritual, about natural cycles or the solar-spring connection, prostitution, rebirth, etc. How might you interpret the story if you think of it as being symbolic? What interpretation or your own fits?