![]() The Wolf represents her Id and her Father. Visiting her grandmother is an Oedipal abolition of her mother. Her mother’s Warning not to stray from the path is an injunction against sexual intercourse. The Bottle she carries in her basket symbolizes her virginity. In recent years Angela Carter’s short story made into a marvelous movie by Neil Jordan, The Company of Wolves, hinged on this true meaning revealed by the analysts.īriefly, the Red Riding Hood indicates a young girl on the verge of puberty. Chief among these analysts were Bruno Bettleheim and Erich Fromm.Īt the centerpiece of most of these interpretive efforts was Little Red Riding Hood. Interpreting the symbol revealed what the dreamer, myth-maker or patient really meant.įollowing Freud a number of prominent psychoanalysts analyzed various fairy tales and claimed to offer their timeless and true meaning. Key to these interpretations were his claims about the symbolic nature of certain elements of dreams, myths or conversations. ![]() The development of psychoanalysis depended heavily on Freud’s approach to the interpretation of dreams and myths. ![]() ![]() More on the current post can be found in Images of Trauma. ![]()
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