ENG 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Virginity Test, Red Riding

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 222
• Professor: Andrew O' Malley

Document Summary

Driven from paternal home at age 7 dwarves intervene (surrogate, non sexual, paternal authority) receives domestic training (preparation for housewife life) . Witch/queen tries to kill her 3x in a coma for several years (matures) prince arrives marriage + new generation: significance of age 7: semi-dependent but not of marrying age, ways of killing her: Apple = forbidden knowledge (bible, adam and eve) means sexual knowledge. None of these things were suitable for snow white because she was too young. Variants: stories that are similar but not related or based off each other (ex: Chinese version of little red riding hood was simply a story similar to the. European version so they called it the same thing) Long interpreted (since perrault) as warning against curiosity (of young girls = concern over female sexuality) Beard: outward sign of male maturity, masculinity, potency (sexual maturity) = figure of abnormal and unnatural male sexuality and male power.