Fantasy Worlds Research Paper

Unworldly characters such as beautiful fairy with her wise mind and magical wand, hideous monster craving for blood with its horrifying fangs, and mysterious elf luring children away from their parents often add a magical aroma to the stories. Readers are enthusiastic to learn how their heroes encounter with these marvelous creatures, whether receiving a powerful golden sword as gift or putting on a life or death fight for his loved ones. These unworldly characters help the readers to perceive the story in a more in-depth way; they make readers bringing up different question for their appearance, purpose, and the idea they symbolize.

     2.) The Types of stories found in this book are Medieval Stories. They contain Kings, Queens, and Knights, wars and battles, dragons, and beautiful maidens.

She [the grandmother] pointed out interesting details of the scenery: Stone Mountain, the blue granite that in some places came up to both sides of the highway; the brilliant red clay banks slightly streaked with purple; and the various crops that made row of green lace-work on the ground. The trees were full of silver white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled. (1286)

Once upon a time, there was a literary genre commonly know as fairy tales. They were mystical and wonderful and a child’s fantasy. These fairy tales were drastically misunderstood throughout many centuries, however. They endured a hard life of constant changing and editing to fit what the people of that time wanted. People of our own time are responsible for some of the radical changes endured by this undeserved genre. Now, these fairy tales had a young friend named Belle. Belle thought she knew fairy tales very well, but one day she found out just how wrong she was.

His example suggests that the influx of death, horrifying creatures, and abnormal physical features consume the superior qualities that these individuals once attained. Also, these vivid examples depict how the menacing environment alters the mindset of individuals who possess similar features as Beowulf, implying how strength and superiority may not be adequate enough to survive. Hrothgar describes the appearance of Grendel’s lair to Beowulf, and from his vivid description the audience learns about unpleasant aspects of the lair. Hrothgar produces a hellish image of the environment, by describing the location as “windy,” “secret,” and “dark” (Lines 545 and

Marie De France’s Lanval is a remarkable short narrative that engages the reader into a world filled with unrealistic elements, but enhances on the true meaning of romance, chivalry and nature during the years that King Arthur reigned. “Sir Gawain and The Green Knight” unfortunately does not have an author that can be recognized but this epic poem demonstrates the ghastly adventure of a knight who decides to defend the honor of young King Arthur against a supernatural being in this malicious game of cat and mouse. Both of these pieces of literature have enchanting characteristics that define them as a masterpiece of their era and that’s why they both are easily compared and contrasted. In addition, both Lanval and “Sir Gawain and The Green Knight” can be classified as similar through their themes, style and plots, although they are different through their language and diction. Even though both of these literatures can be viewed as similar as well as contrasting, in the end, each of these tales have illuminated the realm of fantasy throughout the court of King Arthur.

Magic, sorcery, the transformation of one thing into another and everything in between, as well as the fantasy in it, has been the driving force behind many great myths, both ancient and modern. But when the topics of magic, fantasy and medievalism are brought into discussion together, it is clear that it has a very sordid past. In the Middle Ages, magic and the fantastical outside of the Bible were highly frowned upon and seen to be the work of the devil or his minions. And pretty soon the Catholic Church and the hierarchy thereof got it into their heads that all females were either a witch or a warlock, and thereby practiced devil worship. But as the great scientists and their work took prominence in the Middle Ages, the hold of the Catholic

How can an author write a story which appeals to a present day audience? Richard H. Tyre published an article in 1978 that gives an answer to this very question. Tyre explains how most kids today choose to read books like the Harry Potter series, The Lord of the Rings series, and even The Wizard of Oz. An existing theory that Tyre came up with explains that each of these books, along with many others, have one thing in common: 6 plot elements. Not only do these stories contain the same 6 elements but those elements are in the same order! Tyre states that “(1) those who hunt for treasure, (2) must go alone, (3) at night, (4) and when they find it, (5) they must leave some of their blood behind, (6) and the treasure is never what they expected.” (Tyre 2). J.R.R. Tolkien is the author of The Hobbit. The Hobbit revolves around one hobbit in particular named Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo embarks on a journey with 14 others to recover a treasure that is guarded by a dragon. Along the way Bilbo faces many challenges that range from running into huge trolls, to taking part in fierce battles. Due to it’s main character hunting for treasure, facing most of the dangers alone, battling during the wee hours of the night, eventually finding the treasure, after sweating/crying/and enduring injuries, just to have the treasure revealed to him as not what he expected, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is undoubtedly a perfect example of Tyre’s 6 plot elements.

R. A. Salvatore’s special style of writing has a way of mesmerizing readers, keeping them wanting more; a very important skill when it comes to writing. The more intriguing the story, the more audiences will want to read. When reading novels by authors such as Stephen King, one almost always requires a dictionary to discern the meaning of many of the unnecessarily difficult words. When J. R. Tolkien writes, his often fantastic stories come off as drab or sometimes dull. In contrast, Salvatore’s books are fun and easily read, but not as simplistic as children’s books.

Almost everyone remembers there first book, just as much as they would remember there first car. Everyone starts somewhere, it could be a late start of an early start. I started reading when I was five years old, my first book was a Dictionary. People find it odd that the Dictionary was my first book because, it was the center point in which people could find almost every word in the English language. Knowing that made me want to read it, or at least attempt to read it. My first time picking it up I was able to feel how heavy all the knowledge the book had, turning that pages felt light and fragile easily ripped when mistreated. I could only read the small words of coarse but that didn't stop me from asking my parents or the kinder garden teachers to pronounce and define that words I wanted to know. Looking back now I wonder what made me stop reading, and why I don't own another Dictionary.

Westeros is one of the four known continents in the known world, the others being Essos, Sothoryos, and Ulthos; Most of the area of Westeros is covered by a political entity known as the Seven Kingdoms, while the far north beyond the Wall includes the free folk. The closest foreign nations to Westeros are the Free Cities, a collection of independent city-states across the narrow sea in western Essos. To the south of Westeros lie the Summer

In the previous century there have been two major series of fantasy novels; "Lord of the Rings" and more recently "Harry Potter". The genre, fantasy, is very broad, but generally contains one main character, the protagonist, who is fighting for, or against something, often against evil. In both these novels the main protagonist is fighting against evil and endures a kind of adventure and personal growth. As in most fantasy novels, the main characters are in an ulterior world, which is comparable in many ways. I intend to investigate into some of the many comparable components of these two novels.

Sagas about princes and princesses, beauty, magic, and love, fairy tales like Snow White and Cinderella among others have become children’s favorite bedtime stories. However, as parents tuck their sons and daughters in, they fail to realize that there is a much more daunting purpose to these stories. American writer and poet, Jane Yolen suggests that fairy tales indicate life values. Furthermore, Yolen insists that these tales are “thumbprints of history” (Yolen 27). Studying fairy tales in depth, she proves that the “functions of myths” consist of “creating a landscape of allusion [and] enabling us to understand our own and out culture from inside out” (Yolen 18). Yolen confirms that these stories comment on, “the abstract truths of our

A supporting argument that the fantasy theme analysis and the convergence theory are appropriate perspectives for my artifact is Ernest Bormann's use of both perspectives in several articles to answer questions that are similar to mine. For instance, in his "fantasy and rhetorical vision: ten years later" article, Ernest address the foundation of fantasy theme analysis as a humanistic method of rhetorical criticism. He answers how effective and useful the approach is and examines the work that has been done under its auspices. Also, the article illustrates a relationship between sharing fantasies in a small group, which is one of my primary concurs in this paper.

Magic is the word that stirs many exciting visions in the imagination; a girl in rags being transformed into a beautiful princess, the magic kiss that changes a frog into a prince or perhaps a destined king pulling a sword out of a stone. It becomes the supernatural force steering the characters through their obstacles beyond natural human power and capabilities with the aid of some other supernatural being or force leading to a point where good overcomes evil. Magic plays an important role in the lives of characters in medieval fantasy as the heroes are confronted with magic in their everyday world and relationships are tested by these elements causing various effects.