Genre
Collection of fairy tales
Setting and Context
The action in the fairy tales takes place in the distant past, usually inside isolated woods.
Narrator and Point of View
The action in the fairy tales is told from the perspective of a third-person objective point of view.
Tone and Mood
The tone and mood in the fairy tales is a neutral one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist in "The Little Mermaid" is the mermaid and the antagonist is the which.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in "The Emperor's New Clothes" is between vanity and modesty.
Climax
The fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" reaches its climax when the Emperor walks naked on the streets.
Foreshadowing
The death of the mermaid in "The Little Mermaid" is foreshadowed at the beginning of the fairy tale when the narrator mentions that the mermaid's mother died a long time ago.
Understatement
When the tailors in "The Emperor's New Clothes" claim that they can sew the Emperor the most beautiful clothes everyone had ever seen is an understatement because at the end of the story it is revealed that the tailors sew nothing for the Emperor.
Allusions
The allusion we find in "The Snow Queen" is that a person is not responsible for seeing only the bad in others but rather that this is caused by external factors.
Imagery
The most important imagery in "The Snow Queen" is that of the two children playing side by side, without a care in the world. This image is important because it portrays the innocence of childhood.
Paradox
One of the main paradoxes can be found in "The Emperor's New Clothes". In the story, the Emperor realizes that he is naked by decides to continue to walk along the streets even though he knew that everyone could see him naked.
Parallelism
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Metonymy and Synecdoche
The sea is used in the fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" as a general way to make reference to the safety offered by being in a familiar environment.
Personification
We have a personification in the sentence "the streets had fallen silent".
