ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A fable is a short story that illustrates a moral lesson. The plot of a fable includes a simple conflict and a resolution, followed by a maxim. Fables feature anthropomorphized animals and natural elements as main characters.

Detailed explanation-2: -Short stories are typically longer than fables and may express a moral lesson or use an allegory, though these are not necessary components of this form of writing. A major difference between a fable and a short story lies in the moral lesson a fable delivers to its readers.

Detailed explanation-3: -A fable is a story that features animals, plants or forces of nature which are anthropomorphised (given human qualities). A fable always ends with a ‘moral’.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are five key elements to every story: plot, setting, characters, point of view, and conflict.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Goose With the Golden Eggs A man discovers his goose lays golden eggs. He gets rich selling the golden eggs his goose lays every morning. Soon, he wants all the eggs for himself, killing the goose to get them. The moral is, “Greed often overreaches itself."