Transcript What is a Fairytale?

What is a
Fairytale?
What’s the difference?
• Folktale: any belief or story passed on traditionally,
esp. one considered to be false or based on
superstition.
• Tall tale: An exaggerated, unreliable story (ex..Paul
Bunyon)
• Myth:a traditional or legendary story, usually
concerning some being or hero or event, with or
without a determinable basis of fact or a natural
explanation, esp. one that is concerned with deities or
demigods and explains some practice, rite, or
phenomenon of nature (ex.. Pandora’s Box)
What’s The Difference?
• Fairy tale:a: a story (as for children)
involving fantastic forces and beings (as
fairies, wizards, and goblins) —called also
fairy story b: a story in which improbable
events lead to a happy ending (ex..Cinderella)
• Fantasy: could be described as something that
contains rudiments that are not realistic, such as
magical powers, talking animals, etc. Fantasy is
often characterized by a departure from the
accepted rules by which individuals perceive the
world around them; it represents that which is
impossible (unexplained) and outside the
parameters of our known, reality. Make-believe
is what this genre is all about. (Ex.. Harry
Potter
Let’s Look At Some Common
Elements Of Fairytales…
Common Fairytale Elements
• One character is jealous of another
character because she/he is good or
beautiful.
• A character may be put to a test.
• Magical creatures or beings may give
help to characters.
• Honesty and cleverness is rewarded
and foolishness and evil is punished.
More Elements
• Characters may be
transformed into
something better.
• Character may marry
royalty.
• They live “Happily Ever
After”
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