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- I think depending on what part of the world you are from or time period a fairy tale could mean different things. I remember when I was a little kid the only fairy tales I knew were Aladdin, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty from the Disney vaults. I didn't know where the stories originally came from, what were the themes of the movies or what were the character names most of the time. The only thing that matters to me was that the animation was colorful. Now that I have refined and evolved my taste in fairy tales I learned the key elements of what makes a good fairy tale. The first key element is the opening sentence "Once upon of time" , "Once there was....." or finally "One day there will be....". (Lüthi 47) This famous opening prepares the reader by getting them in the mindset that this is a fairy tale and sets the scene of where the story will take place. The second key element in fairy tales is only using enough detail to make the story cohesive without dragging out the story. (Lüthi 49-50) An expert from the Grimms Brothers' Cinderella describes this perfectly "Now the prince approached Cinderella, took her hand and danced with her. Indeed he would not dance with anyone else and would not let go of her hand. Whenever someone came and asked her to dance he said, "She's my partner". (Zippes 81) By this expert you can tell the relationship of the prince and Cinderella and you can predict where the story is heading. You can tell at least by the end of the story Cinderella and the prince will end up together because of how possessive the prince is talking about Cinderella. He is calling her his partner despite only knowing her for only a couple of hours at most. This expert also foreshadows how the story is going to end with Cinderella and the prince’s happy ending. Another element is the isolation of the main characters. In almost every fairy tale the main characters are isolated when they met and throughout the rest of the story to future the plot of the story. (Lüthi 50) Finally, the last elements of a fairy tale is the usage of taking animals to help further the plot. Talking animals in fairy tales are used not only to signify the difference between the magical setting of the fairy tale but also help add to the plot of the story using witty one liners that would seem old and out of place if one of human characters said it. An example of this in Cinderella “Looky, Look, look at the shoe that she took. There is blood all over, and the shoe is too small. She’s not the bride you met at the ball.” (Zippes 83) This expert helps show that this in fact of the stepsisters and not Cinderella, but it also keeps the magic of the story because it’s a talking bird.
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