Activity 2.7/ 2.8 - Bernice

This is an exercise where we have to nick the story of Little Red Riding Hood and change it into a different time and setting. The first activity in this string is to set out tables stating who, what and where. The second is to look at the location and see what other possible storylines could emerge from them.

My version is set in the Palace in Oslo in the late 19th century (I warn you - I know nothing of Norwegian monarchy - but the palace is pretty so I'm choosing that).

ROSIE (LRRH) works in the kitchens with MAUD (MOTHER). MAUD is not ROSIE's mother, ROSIE is an orphan but MAUD looks after her. MAUD sends ROSIE to with a parcel of food to the elderly GROOM (grandma) and warns her not to dawdle. ROSIE sees a parade approaching the palace and stops to watch the horses and soldiers. The kindly GENERAL stops to talk to her and she tells him where she is going. She is overheard by the sinister Captain WOLFF who gets to the stables first, disposes of the old GROOM and waits in his place to have his evil way. The GENERAL (woodcutter) follows ROSIE with the intent of giving her a message to deliver and interrupts WOLFF mid-pounce. The GENERAL sees off WOLFF and all live happily ever after.

I know this is in the wrong format but these are my characters and setting. In a way, I'm being led by the setting on this... Should Rosie be a little girl, given a precious object to deliver which Wolff wants to steal? Or should she be an attractive young woman who Wolff wants to seduce/ rape? I wanted the General to be an elderly man, but maybe he is young and handsome and marries Rosie after rescuing her? Hmmmm. Decisions, decisions...
Another thought is that Rosie could work inside the palace as the queens maid. That way she is likely to have access to precious objects which Wolff might want to steal if he is a guest (the evil Admiral Von Wolff) at the palace. But then who would be the woodcutter? Maybe the king, just for extra drama, or maybe the butler wielding a candlestick or poker instead of an axe? I Like this game...