Modern Day Fairy Tale

1. This story is a fairy tale. This is because it is a short story that features a lot of magical things, an example in the story being the trees made out of precious stones. This story could also be considered a folk tale, as it may have been passed down for many years and could have the lesson behind it of “don’t keep secrets from your parents”.
2. The setting of this story is the castle that the princesses and the king live in. The main characters are the twelve princesses, the king, the soldier, and the twelve princes. The situation in the story is mysterious and dangerous as the king is desperate to know what his daughters are doing every night and says to anyone willing to try that if they fail they will be killed but if they succeed they get to marry one of his daughters.
3. One of the rising actions is when the King announces that whoever can find out where his daughters have been …show more content…
One example of a static character in the story is the King. Since the only change he undergoes during the story is learning what the princesses are doing, he is a static character. Also, the princesses could be considered static characters. Or, the 11 younger princesses, as they all are forced to stop secretly going dancing every night, but the eldest princess undergoes more change than that.
7. The only dynamic character in the story is the soldier. This is because he goes from the poor soldier with nothing but his own wit, to the husband of a princess and heir to the throne. This change happens after the soldier tells the King of his discoveries, and “the king asked the soldier which of them[the princesses] he would choose for his wife;and he answered, ‘I am not very young, so I will have the eldest.’-And they were married that very day, and the soldier was chosen to be the king’s heir.”
8. Character Sketch: Choose one character from the story and complete a character sketch (description). Remember to include specific details. Your response must be a minimum of 7

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