Comparisons

Unknown Author

Perrault

Grimm

Carter

Description of Protagonist

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The prettiest girl that was ever seen

Little girl who everyone loved

The prettiest and youngest of her family

How she embarks upon her journey

Her mother tells her to go

Her mother tells her to go

Her mother tells her to go and gives her specific directions on how to behave

She insists that she wants to go

What is in her Basket

A hot loaf and a bottle of milk

Cake an a pot of butter

A piece of cake and a bottle of wine

Cheeses, a bottle of harsh liquor, flat oat cakes, a pot or two of jam and a knife she puts into the basket herself.

How the wolf finds out where Grandmother's house is

The wolf knows where it is

She tells him

She tells him

The wolf knows where it is

Wolf eats Grandmother?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wolf eats girl?

No, she makes up an excuse and escapes.

Yes, she dies.

Yes, a woodsman saves her and her grandmother.

No, she is figuratively married to him and they have sex.

Formal "Moral" to the story

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Don't listen to strangers and beware of all types of wolves.

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