ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A story that starts with “. . . Once upon a time. . .” and ends with “. . .they lived happily ever after. . .” is a . . .
A
Fable
B
Folk Tale
C
Fairy Tale
D
All of These
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Most fairy tales begin with ‘once upon a time’ or ‘a long time ago’, and end with telling the reader that the characters ‘lived happily ever after’. Fairy tales are often set in the past, but not in a defined period of history, and they usually have a happy ending where the hero triumphs over adversity.

Detailed explanation-2: -We hope you find them useful! Issue 20’s Sleeping Beauty, like all our fairy tales, begins with “Once upon a time” and so it shall be for evermore.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fairy tales have happy endings because they were designed to help children learn right from wrong. The evil-doers and children who misbehave in fairy tales often meet a grisly end, but the children who listen to their parents and who do what is good and right come out on top.

Detailed explanation-4: -Snow White. Hansel and Gretel. Cinderella. The Frog Prince. Rumpelstiltskin. The Bremen Town Musicians. The Elves. Little Red Cap. More items •20-Dec-2011

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