ANGELA CARTER'S "THE COMPANY OF WOLVES" VS. GRIMM'S "LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD" Angela Carter’s feminist revisions of classic fairy tales often seem to bear no relation to their original counterparts. However, a closer look reveals the often over-looked connections and parallels between the two. Her revisions are not so much feminist revisions as some would suggest, but more of an update on the stories in question, done to accommodate the views and thinking of …showed first 75 words of 1649 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1649 total…and reconstructed. Undoubtedly, there will be future versions of this simple tale, and Carter’s tale will, just like Grimm and Perrault, be just another step in the passing of time. But for today, this is an inspiring tale that suggests that it is okay for men and women to share the same traits, and that it is also okay for women to display masculine traits as it is for men to display feminine ones.