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Fantasy,
compared
to
the
folk:'-;ale
is
more
complex
structure,
has
rc.ore
character development, has
more
uctrultcu
settings,
and
generally
more
polished
literary
style. Fantasy
some
form
of enchan!ment
and can be
according
to
the
predominant type
of
en.chan1tment i._ the
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Fantasy
be true
or
The
may be
designed
mainly
to shew
monotonous miracles
or to provide thrills
or adventures,
or it
may
be a means
of creating
the exact
circumstances
in wl>Jch hu.T.an behavior
be sharply
observed
and studied.
The
author
may
begin
with
an
every
day
situation or
with a
forced,
improbable
coincidence. Or the aathor
be
llilowed
to exclude
a
law
natore
or
to
create a warvel.ous being. But
once we have
granted ilie impossibility,
we have a
to
demand
probability
in
the
treatment
of
it
reall::l
of
:fun,tasy
is
not
a
in
which
ali
laws of
logic are
excluded.
Thus, we
must
not
judge
a
story
by
consistency
possibility.
What
we
shou!d
do
is
to
ask
for
vihat
reason
the
uses
the ele:me:rrt
of
fantasy
1998:289-290).
Some
of the
advantages of
the element of
fantasy
are
that
the
authors
can
explore
complex
ideas
on
a
symbolic
level,
expklre
the
philosophical
issues
on
a
level
that children em
understand
and appreciate.
Beside that,
it w'Jl
challenge
our
perceptions
of reality,
and exercise
the
imagination (
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l3.html).
gerrre
of
fantasy,
there
are
aJways
a
lot
of
horses
around,
such
as:
horses,
dr2tgons,
vvinged
unicorns;
kinds
of
magical
steeds.
It seems they
are
not
only
merrely a sui:tab!y cololli-fu!
mediaeval of
trrucsport, but also a
berauitifi1l animal,
trusting
and
obedient
beyond the
deserts
of the
F,;.ee
it serves.
It is an excellent
stand-
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