Compared to the other tales, the Italian version seems to be a bit more gruesome such as having the grandmothers body in the cabinet and Little Red Riding Hood unknowingly eats them. Why do you think its a little bit more frightening than the others? 2. In the Chinese version, is there any significance in having three Red Riding Hoods instead of one? Does this have any effect on the story?

1.Compared to the other tales, the Italian version seems to be a bit more gruesome such as having the grandmothers body in the cabinet and Little Red Riding Hood unknowingly eats them. Why do you think its a little bit more frightening than the others?
2. In the Chinese version, is there any significance in having three Red Riding Hoods instead of one? Does this have any effect on the story?

Reading:
Little Red Cap, Grimm brothers, Germany http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/ridinghood/stories/redcap.html (ed. Hallett, p. 35-38)

– Little Red Riding hood, Perrault, France http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/ridinghood/index.html (ed. Hallett, p. 33-35)
Little Red Hat, Italy http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0333.html#italy

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