1. purpose of fairy tales
Discuss the purpose of fairy tales for a contemporary audience. ... Tolkien, the author, understands a fairy tale to be: one which touches on or uses Faërie, whatever its own main purpose may be: satire, adventure, morality, fantasy. ... More writers chose to take up the challenge of writing in this style, and many simply developed different versions of pre existing fairy tales. ... Walter Crane, the author, also illustrated his sister's English translation of the Grimm tales. ... messages of classic fairy tales, as her reason for writing. ...
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