ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

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“The Fountain of Youth” According to many tales passed down over the ages, there is a fountain that supposedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. In this text Juan de Leon discusses many accounts of the waters of life and theorizes as to the location of such a spring.
A
Fable
B
Myth
C
Tall Tale
D
Legend
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The myth of the Fountain of Youth is actually a Taino Indian legend about a spring that was said to exist on the island of Bimini and a river, in what became known as Florida that would restore youth to those who bathed in their waters.

Detailed explanation-2: -The point that Hawthorne was trying to get across to his readers is that the fountain of youth represents eternal life, or Heaven. The people who drink from the fountain of youth have the ability to live forever, never growing old. This statement is much like the way Heaven is portrayed to the majority of Christians.

Detailed explanation-3: -Visitors to the park regularly drink the water that flows from the natural spring located there, but there is no evidence that it has any restorative effects.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first archaeological digs at the Fountain of Youth were performed in 1934 by the Smithsonian Institution. These digs revealed a large number of Christianized Timucua burials. These burials eventually pointed to the Park as the location of the first Christian mission in the United States.

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