Question

Classify the character of the wolf in the following plot synopsis Three little pigs set out to start life. The first pig builds himself a house of straw. A wolf comes along, blows the house down, and eats the pig. The second pig builds himself a house of sticks. The same wolf comes along, blows the house down, and eats the pig. The third pig builds himself a house of bricks. The same wolf comes along but is unable to blow down the house. The angry wolf attempts to get into the house through the chimney, but the pig has a pot of boiling water waiting for him when he comes down the chimney. The wolf gets cooked for supper.

Answer 1

The wolf is the antagonist of the fable, which means the villain - a character who opposes the protagonist or the main character. He symbolizes the negative, destructive forces which the piglets have to face and learn how to overcome on their path to maturation. The only way to not being eaten by him is to outsmart him, and that is what the third piglet does.