ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Fairy Tales are stories that
A
Begin “Once upon a time “ and have good vs. evil
B
teach a lesson and usually have characters that don’t usually talk
C
have stories about a real person that is exaggerated
D
None of the above
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: -The phrase is used to convey fictional and nonfictional past events. It’s been dated back to as early as the late thirteen hundreds. The phrase “once upon a time” was coined to introduce happy folktales to a primarily younger audience, typically ending with the characters living happily ever after.

Detailed explanation-3: -"Once upon a time” is a stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events, typically in fairy tales and folk tales. It has been used in some form since at least 1380 (according to the Oxford English Dictionary) in storytelling in the English language and has started many narratives since 1600.

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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