‘Undress yourself, my child,’ the werewolf said, ‘and come lie down next to me.’…And each time she asked where she should put all her other clothes, the bodice, the dress, the petticoat, and the long stockings, the wolf responded:
‘Throw them into the fire, my child, you won’t be needing them anymore’.
Innocent tale or the start to the loss of innocence?
It didn’t occur to me that this is how the famous fairytale could be interpreted until we discussed it in class recently. Maybe I’m looking into it too much and maybe so are the academics, but they have unearthed an underlying message that we can’t afford to forget…
Academics argue that this is a tale that shows the consequences for girls who travel their own path in life carefree, against the norm but ineviably cross grave consequences in the end.
What I get from the tale most of all is that there will be people in your life, not just men, who will pose as a sincere and genuine person, luring you in with their unquestionable trust and kindness. When in fact they’re nothing but a nasty wolf in disguise.
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