The Big Bad Wolf is a beloved fairy tale character who often inspires fear in its readers. He’s often depicted as large, menacing and…
The Big Bad Wolf is a beloved fairy tale character who often inspires fear in its readers. He’s often depicted as large, menacing and dressed in red pants held up with green suspenders held together with an old top hat; dressed like this makes people shudder! In most versions of this tale, however, the Big Bad Wolf can actually be misunderstood or discriminated against due to misunderstanding or prejudice; modern adaptations often show him not as frightening after all!
In its original context, The Big Bad Wolf represents Death. Little Red Riding Hood first encounters him before meeting her grandmother – an allegory for innocence being lost in an increasingly perilous world. At the end of the tale, either his life is taken or he gets his tail burned off when the pigs set fire under him by setting it ablaze; either way he eventually succumbs to his own greed and overindulgence, a common theme throughout fairy tales.
Some stories depict the Big Bad Wolf as an understanding cross-dresser who becomes friends with the Three Little Pigs – this interpretation often for comic effect and does not take the moral of the story seriously. He appears more sympathetically in Shrek movie where he wears clothing belonging to girl’s grandmother – this portrayal has caused disapproval by certain groups, with critics alleging glamorization of sexual transvestism by this film.
Jon Scieszka gave one of the more recent interpretations of the Big Bad Wolf in his 1989 children’s book The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! As opposed to being depicted as an evil entity, this version’s Big Bad Wolf is shown not as an invading monster but as an animal who has been victimized due to ignorance or prejudice. While still aggressive and impulsive, he does not appear as hungry or dangerous as traditional Big Bad Wolves would be.
Modern cartoon versions of this story portray the Big Bad Wolf as being countered by Practical Pig, an all-purpose problem solver with excellent problem-solving skills. He often tricks him into slipping on a muddy patch before pouring popcorn or hot coals down his pants – or lures him into a fire pit and torch-burns him, or has him fall down the chimney while running away screaming from them!
The Big Bad Wolf is an iconic example of an ESTP personality type due to his aggressive, action-oriented behavior and swift decision-making abilities. Additionally, his extrovert nature and self-assured demeanor are hallmarks of an ESTP personality type; furthermore he also exhibits elements typical of ESFJ personality types in terms of his judging/evaluating skills; this combination makes the Big Bad Wolf an unforgettable and frightening antagonist.