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Little Red Cap: A Reflection of the Past All cultures have their folktales. These folktales often reflect the culture's attitudes and beliefs towards important issues. "Little Red Cap" reveals a time when the modern idea of the family unit was being established. The primary place of a woman was at home. A man was responsible for earning a living outside of his household. Society valued purity and innocence. The gender roles in this world corresponded with their social values. Women and their households needed protecting to preserve their purity and innocence. Men were able to supply this protection because they were more powerful, braver and stronger than their female counterparts. There was also a Christian aspect to this social ordering. Men were spiritual leaders because they were considered to be spiritually superior and more vigilant than women. The Brothers Grimm's version of "Little Red Cap" reflects the ideologies of the...

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