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The Definition of a Fairy Tale

15 September 2019
Working Definition of a Fairy Tale
Lauren Kircher

  Each fairy tale must have a falcon whether it's a hidden falcon or a very obvious one. A falcon is something that has symbolic meaning and is unique to the story being told. For example, in Sleeping Beauty the obvious falcon is Aurora pricking her finger on the spindle. But, another smaller falcon is also the 100 years she spends asleep. The 100 years separates her father the King from the future King who later becomes her husband. Fairy tales often have a hero, heroine, and main villain. Each tale has an element of magic in them, and is meant to teach a lesson or have a moral.



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