Nature, Equality And Modernism In Little Red Cap By Princess Mononoke

Little Red Cap is the tale of a girl who wonders off the beaten path exposing herself to the unknown dangers of the forest. A story used to crate fear in children, more precisely young girls, who at the time were considered too vulnerable to be on their own. Red Cap and her Grandmother are weak and defenseless against the predator wolf and they are saved only by the heroics of the Huntsman who sees the danger they are in. Princess Mononoke however tells the story of a boy who travels through the forests of Japan to free himself of a curse and defeat an unknown evil residing with in. In the conclusion of Little Red Cap she finds herself in need of saving after being eaten whole by the wolf, Princess Mononokes Little Red rather ends up saving

The Huntsman is a brawny hero who just happened to be checking in on Granny when walking by, he grabs the wolf and easily splits him open. The Huntsman in Princess Mononoke has become a woman, as well as a bit of a villain. Lady Eboshi is the owner of Iron town and a hero to the people who live there. She and her Samurai wage an all-out war on the forest using guns and explosives to lay waste to trees above iron ore veins. In Iron town she employs many of societies outcasts, the blacksmiths are all former prostitutes and her weapon crafters all lepers. She bases peoples worth on their character and personality above even their ability. Her struggle to overcome nature, her acceptance of the disenfranchised and her over all empowering of women in Iron town all represents the theme of modernism. Each in their own way these things are the result of a more advanced and expanding world that our global society has become a part of. Though many of the aspects of her character are good, she has many that are bad as well. She is the one who unknowingly released the curse effecting Ashitaka with her guns and hatred of the animal clans. The curse itself is another aspect of the theme of modernism, representing hatred, carelessness and pollution that are also a product of our ever expanding industries. As far as comparison to the