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Folk tale genre

of existence and of man's faculty of dreaming and communing. According to M.K. Thompson: " Curiosity about the past has always brought eager listeners to tales of long ago which supply the simple man with all he knows of the history of this tale (484-485)".The principal kinds of folktales are myths, legends, and Mrchen, or fairy tales. Readers will find that tales carry almost the same stroke: the fight of good and evil, wisdom and stupidity, people's joy and suffering, love and anger, belief and unbelief, moral and justice, truth and fiction, honesty and deception, beauty of the truth and ugliness of prejudice. The fairy tales are also used in ways to express problems, customs, traditions, beliefs, living conditions and views, still in their very own way than other kinds of storytelling.Fairy tales are part of us and we are part of them. Being an integral part of people's minds, they render the dormant poetry; they speak of joy, love, tears, and smothered rage, of the drama of miscommunication. Many stories, such as "Cinderella" have been told worldwide. From the tale we know, that good person will be rewarded and the evil will be punished. The many variants of "Cinderella" have taken observers through many points in time, all over the world. African, Native American, and even ancient Chinese variants have been found. The "Cinderella" character has a generous and sweet disposition. The figure is usually given tasks to prove his or her virtue and goodness. Magical agent appears, such as a fairy godmother or spirit; or in some versions a wise animal such as bull or fish. A character of royal heritage discovers the special qualities of Cinderella. The reader favors the character "Cinderella" and begins to admire qualities. In the story of “Ashputtle,” by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, the audience would learn how evil is punished. After the stepsisters had their eyes picked out by doves, the story reads: “...both ...

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