Fairy Tales

Usually

starts Once Upon a Time

A fanciful, ficticious tale of legendary deeds
and creatures, often involving magic, and
usually for children

Make believe
or __________________
Heroes or heroines (whats the difference?)
Royal
____________
figures (prince, princess, king,
queen, etc.)
Special phrases
Magic

Once upon a time

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Long, long ago
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Happily ever after
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good
Evil
Conflict: _____________
vs. _____________

Happy endings
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Set in the distant past
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Set in Kingdoms, castles, and enchanted forests

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The numbers 3 and 7 are important

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3 Little Pigs, 7 dwarfs, .

Do not always include fairies

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 Charles

Perrault

France
1600s
_____________; ___________
writing
Given credit for _____________
down the first
retelling
______________
of a fairy tale
Famous ones include:
Little Red Riding Hood
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Sleeping Beauty
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Cinderella
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 The

Brothers Grimm (Jacob and Wilhelm)

Germany
1800s
_______________
; ____________
Perraults
Borrowed many of _______________
ideas and
rewrote them in German
Famous ones include:
Rapunzel
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Hansel & Gretel
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Cinderella
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Rumpelstiltskin
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 Hans

Denmark
1800s
________________
; ______________
original
Given credit for writing the first _____________
fairy tale (not a retelling)

Christian Anderson

This is called a literary fairy tale

Famous ones include:

The Littlest Mermaid
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The Ugly Duckling
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Thumbelina
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The Snow Queen

 Protagonist:

main character
Antagonist: character who opposes to,
struggles against, or competes against the
protagonist