Since they both deal with things and situations that in some sort cannot happen, how do you decipher the two?
2007-02-17 12:44:14 · 6 answers · asked by kat79705 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
fantasy: weird characters who do normal things
fairy tale: normal characters who do weird things
2007-02-17 13:16:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fairy tale is a type of fantasy. Fantasy would be a larger category while a fairy tale is a member of that category. A fairy tale must have a fight between good and evil, royalty, somone in distress, usually a damsel, who is rescued. Examples of fairy tales would be Snow White, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast and even Hansel and Gretel. However, fantasy also includes The Lord of the Rings...a fight between good and evil, but no royal family or damsel in distress. The difference is very subtle and usually not terribly important.
2007-02-17 12:59:37 · answer #2 · answered by Noelle V 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fairytale has a lighter Imaginative theme, Fairies at the bottom of the garden, Cinderella and Snow white. Fantasy has a wilder Element, Space Odyssey, Surreal Fiction Ski- Fi.
2007-02-17 13:08:06 · answer #3 · answered by Lindsay Jane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fairy tales also generally have happy endings. Fantasy stories are often more for an older audience, deal with more detailed issues with more complicated plotlines, and the endings can go either way.
2007-02-17 13:04:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fantasy is usually something you want to happen. A fairy tale is just made up.
2007-02-17 12:47:21 · answer #5 · answered by bballgirl90 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'fantasy is what u feel or want ...
in a fairy tale the character is a fairy or a prince..
obvioysly fairy tales make u fantasise..LOL!!
2007-02-17 12:53:47 · answer #6 · answered by docteur 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋