Fairytales exist?
2007-03-22 12:15:20 · 3 answers · asked by Cherie 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Fairy Talse are Myths.
Myths are Legends.
Legends have basis in fact.
Therefore Fairy tales have a basis in fact. However you must be careful not to take everything in them too literally. It was common practise to use literary cheats, for example great physical beauty to protrey emotional qualities like kindness and goodness.
Read between the lines, the main charaters fall in love because of the 'beautiful soul' and not the looks. Many have cautionary tales also, like beauty and the beast. The beast is a prince placed under a curse (read jean-marie laprince de beaumont's version avaliable of the net) and turned to a monster. It is only through beauty's love that it is broken. This tale is warning of the danger of looking only for the best looking, for it is sometimes the beast who has the kindest heart of all.
Be warned. Many see fairy tales as just nonsense. They don't (or in some cases can't) understand that fairy tales are tales of humanity and what it is to be human wrapped in a easy to swallow coating.
IN SHORT, yes they can happen in real life but be warned they do not happen quite the same way as they are written.
Hope this helps.
2007-03-22 13:15:44 · answer #1 · answered by Arthur N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fairytales in the olden times were more than just fanciful stories, many had moral and political messages, but they used imaginative and engaging themes to entertain while teaching (kind of like fables).
These days people take them a lot less seriously and treat them simply as pure fantasy.
2007-03-22 12:29:42 · answer #2 · answered by Veritas 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, I don't think anyone: "gets married and lives happily ever after". Life has lots of blessings and lots of heartaches. That is truly what life is.
2007-03-22 16:06:40 · answer #3 · answered by concernedjean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋