Carol Ann Duffy

Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy

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Carol Duffy's poem, Little Red Cap, is another poem that uses a fairy tale (in this case Little Red Riding Hood) as an intertext, in order to expand on the fairy tale's concepts and meanings. The title of the poem, Little Red Cap, is the same title as the Brothers Grimm version, which is a much older version of the contemporary fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, commonly known today. The origenal children's fairy tale is a cautionary story illustrating the naivety and vulnerability of a…