Fairytale
fairy story n. (also fairy tale) 1 tale about fairies 2 incredible story; lie
Dreaming that you are a character in a fairy tale, suggests your need
to be rescued or to be swept off your feet. It also indicates that you
are exploring your limits and trying to awaken your fullest potential.
Dreaming that you are reading a fairy tale indicates that you are a romantic
at heart.
“...a literary production modeled to a greater or lesser extent on folk tales”
“...a tale of some length involving a succession of motifs or episodes, moving in an unreal world without definite locality or characters”
“...a magic story which cannot be true”
“...stories about Fairy, that is Faerie, the realm or state in which fairies have their being”
fairy tale: a story for children about fairies, or about magic and enchantment; a very improbable story; a lie
The setting:
an undefined time and place which is closely related to
the society from which the tale comes.
“flat” characters:
that never develop, more often types than
anything else.
The plot:
typically an implicit or explicit prohibition that affects the plot,
some kind of magic, a transformation, e.g., the beast turns into a
handsome prince, or the ugly duckling turns out to have been a swan
all along
Authors cited: J R R Tolkien, Prof. Waller Hastings Northern State University , Linda Degh, Stith Thompson, Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, Oxford English Dictionary.
