Fairytales create a world rather than an echo of a world, making it easier for any person to follow along to the storyline. Each one has a different aspect in its writing style that makes it develop its own significance and a desire to be read to a diverse audience. Because of this, Kate Bernheimer states that in order for a fairy tale to be created, it must have the elements of flatness, abstraction, intuitive logic, normalized magic. In each fairy tale, they must obtain at least one or more of these elements to captivate the reader to the story.
For a story to have the element of flatness, the characters were developed in the story, which makes them silhouettes of the fairy tale. For instance, in “The Little Red Riding Hood”, it is told …show more content…
Intuitive logic occurs when a character or a situation is disregarded. Usually with this element, one situation or a character appears and another situation happens or a character with disappear, both with no explanation of why it happened. Normalized magic is possibly the biggest element that a writer can add to fairytale. It gives the story an enchantment feeling, and there “is no need for a portal because it is normal.” In a wizard story, there is usually a magical door that leads to a magical land; however, in comparison to other stories, there is no need for that extra aspect. In most fairytales it is common for animals or objects to talk naturally to the human characters. In Beauty and the Beast, the clock, the teacup, and other common items had a casually conversation with the beautiful human woman, yet she did not question why or how they were talking to her. Not only does this element have objects portraying humanistic characteristics, but normalized magic also falls into the category of spells, poisons, and spontaneous …show more content…
In the “The Mermaid in the Tree”, it contained the element of normalized magic since it was common for mermaids to appear and interact in the human world. Because the mermaid was an important of the whole story, normalized magic took on a major role as the center of the entire story line. Without the magic mermaid appearing on the beach, the story would be much realistic instead of a fairy tale. On the other hand, it did contain intuitive logic. For example, Axel was a few seconds from proposing to Desiree, a mermaid in distress appeared on the beach, and then they ran off together to start their lives. It never said why they ran off together or why Axel left Desiree. Another thing people notice in this story is that Axel is attracted to her beauty. We are told that the mermaid is beautiful with long, blonde hair; however, the flatness left the readers questioning is that the only that is significant about the mermaid is her beauty. Other fairy tales we have read in class, such as this one, forces the reader to examine fairy tales in a closer light with a better depth of understanding. Because of these element, it makes the story distinguish itself from other non-fictional stories by having different alternative conclusions, making it easier to be drawn into the story and follow the storyline
For a story to have the element of flatness, the characters were developed in the story, which makes them silhouettes of the fairy tale. For instance, in “The Little Red Riding Hood”, it is told …show more content…
Intuitive logic occurs when a character or a situation is disregarded. Usually with this element, one situation or a character appears and another situation happens or a character with disappear, both with no explanation of why it happened. Normalized magic is possibly the biggest element that a writer can add to fairytale. It gives the story an enchantment feeling, and there “is no need for a portal because it is normal.” In a wizard story, there is usually a magical door that leads to a magical land; however, in comparison to other stories, there is no need for that extra aspect. In most fairytales it is common for animals or objects to talk naturally to the human characters. In Beauty and the Beast, the clock, the teacup, and other common items had a casually conversation with the beautiful human woman, yet she did not question why or how they were talking to her. Not only does this element have objects portraying humanistic characteristics, but normalized magic also falls into the category of spells, poisons, and spontaneous …show more content…
In the “The Mermaid in the Tree”, it contained the element of normalized magic since it was common for mermaids to appear and interact in the human world. Because the mermaid was an important of the whole story, normalized magic took on a major role as the center of the entire story line. Without the magic mermaid appearing on the beach, the story would be much realistic instead of a fairy tale. On the other hand, it did contain intuitive logic. For example, Axel was a few seconds from proposing to Desiree, a mermaid in distress appeared on the beach, and then they ran off together to start their lives. It never said why they ran off together or why Axel left Desiree. Another thing people notice in this story is that Axel is attracted to her beauty. We are told that the mermaid is beautiful with long, blonde hair; however, the flatness left the readers questioning is that the only that is significant about the mermaid is her beauty. Other fairy tales we have read in class, such as this one, forces the reader to examine fairy tales in a closer light with a better depth of understanding. Because of these element, it makes the story distinguish itself from other non-fictional stories by having different alternative conclusions, making it easier to be drawn into the story and follow the storyline