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Red Riding Hood at the psychologist

Little Red Riding Hood is a playful and curious girl who is frustrated by the fact that her mother's love is more for her grandmother than her and she doesn't really care that the wolf devours her competitor - this is according to the psychological "treatment" given to Little Red Riding Hood as part of the fantasy conference held at the University of Haifa

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf - Gustav Dora
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf - Gustav Dora

As part of the fantasy conference held at the University of Haifa, Red Riding Hood underwent psychological treatment by Prof. Bill Friedman. Prof. Friedman pointed out that although this is a fairy tale, it is still not a dream that comes straight from the subconscious, what's more, the psychoanalyst must have a human patient in front of him whom he can ask questions and check reactions. However, Prof. Friedman added, Little Red Riding Hood, like most folktales, is based on problems in the family unit and the fact that Little Red Riding Hood currently has 147 known versions makes the story an important enough cultural icon to engage with.

"The story begins as a true story. There is a mother who sends her home to visit the grandmother and all this happens in the world of consciousness. As soon as a red riding hood arrives in the forest, it moves to the world of the subconscious," noted Prof. Friedman.

He then moved on to analyze the nature of the characters. "Red Riding Hood's mother's instructions are very clear. She asks her house not to go off the path and not to deviate from the road and go straight to grandma's house. From here we learn that Little Red Riding Hood is a playful and curious girl. After that, the mother is more concerned that the contents of the basket reach the grandmother than the safety of her home. There is no doubt that this causes frustration in the daughter, who feels that the mother loves the grandmother more than her," he added.

When the wolf arrives, Prof. Friedman added, he receives exact coordinates to the grandmother's house, which indicates that Little Red Riding Hood will not really be angry if her competitor for the mother's attention "disappears". When the wolf offers her to enjoy the beauty of the forest, she quickly forgets her task and frees herself to pick flowers.

"When Little Red Riding Hood finally arrives at Grandma's house, she starts asking her the famous questions. If you remember the drawings from the children's books, it is very difficult to confuse a grandmother with a wolf, all that is similar between him and the grandmother is a petticoat. There is a clear motive here of denial and also quite acceptance of the situation. "Red Riding Hood is probably interested in what the Grandmother Wolf can offer her," Prof. Friedman concluded

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  1. Dear Prof. Friedman, you judge Mahod from good to bad, because according to you in the above article the similar Kippa is a lying and devious child, she is upset that her mother loved her mother more, she quite accepts the situation that instead of reaching her grandmother's house with her child, she encounters the hatred that he invented for her to enjoy her beauty Hear (and maybe he'll roll his eyes at her, maybe he'll throw a hand at her body, maybe he'll drool at her), and she's a twisted and lying girl who wears red (the color of Tashuka), she's in denial, and when she sees the wolf disguised as a granddaughter, she's obsessed with the wolf (according to you above) ), and even if he wears her down, rubs her, rubs her... she is interested in that...
    The honorable Prof. Friedman that I thought of you: do you have a note? Ahiot? Are they also interested in what the anger offers them?? Whooping cough: who is funding this research? Thanks in advance for your reply... just why are your teeth so sharp??

  2. The Brothers Grimm changed the story and reduced it to a children's story,
    Originally the story was meant to scare children.

  3. Hahahahaha, what is that supposed to mean?
    Little Red Riding Hood is all in all an innocent children's story with a very clear moral.
    You don't need to berate him... just learn from him.

  4. When I was little, the wolf ate her.
    Can the esteemed professors analyze the culinary characteristics of the phenomenon?

    Have a fun Shabbat.
    Sabdarmish Yehuda

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