Read the following short fairy tales: “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault and “Little Red Cap” by the Grimm Brother’s. These stories can be found on wikisource.org. Write an essay of at least 3 full pages of text in which you compare and contrast Charles Perrault’s “Little Red Riding Hood” and the Grimm Brother’s “Little Red Cap.” In the body of your essay you must identify at least 3 major elements that the stories have in common and then show how they are similar and/or different. For example, you might identify an element such as the meeting with the wolf and discuss how each story handles this element.
Here are the links to the fairy tales from wikisource.org:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Little_Red_Riding-Hood
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Little_Red-Cap