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Essay / Review of Zohar Shavit in Fairy Tales - 1995
It was so dark in the belly of the wolf! And then the old grandmother came out alive, although she could barely breathe. Little Red Hat quickly went to get large stones and filled the wolf's belly with them. (Grimm 15). The wolf's dark belly represents the mother's negative feelings. As Little Red Hat and his grandmother discover the light, things begin to improve in the relationship between husband and wife. The stones placed in the wolf's belly symbolize letting go of the past. He was unable to get up and continue, which shows that the husband will make a change and fulfill his wife's desire to be loved. At the end of the tale, Little Red Hat says to himself: “Never again will you stray from the path to go into the woods when your mother has forbidden you to do so. » (Grimm 16). Little Red Hat realizes that she should have listened to her mother and followed what she was told. It's about the mother who stays with her husband because he finally came to love her and make her