Fantastic Elements of Saint George and The Dragon :: Saint George and The Dragon

Fantastic Elements of angel George and The flying lizard Marg bet Hodges adapted fear George and The Dragon from its original work that was written by Edmund Spencer. Saint George and The Dragon is a pathetic story that was published in 1984. Margaret Hodges, who adapted this hazardous literature, is from North America. Saint George and The Dragon shows many characteristic of witching(prenominal) reality however, it is Fantastic Literature. Saint George and The Dragon is similar to supernatural Realism because the characters in spite of appearance the story treat the events as a normal occurrence. The way in which reality is mixed with a touch of non-reality supports that the story is one of Magical Realism. Another essential part of Magical Realism is the normality of the characters. The go through character within Saint George and The Dragon is ordinary or mundane. conflicting fantastic literature with its Hercules and many unreal heroes, Saint George is just a norma l human being. Finally, the one element that carries the largest weight is no limitations are set through out the entire story. The way that the story sets no boundaries is extremely important. It is for that reason that Saint George and The Dragon is probably teetering on the symmetricalness of being listed under Magical Realism. Saint George and The Dragon does have its differences from Magical Realism, though. For instance, many things within the short story could never happen or even exist. Dragons, Fairies, and Dwarfs are all unrealistic. What is even more unrealistic is the position that Saint George battles the potassium bitartrate and defeats it. Biblical allusions are sewn throughout the short story. The biblical allusions seemed as if they where almost subliminally encoded. Perhaps the simplest clue is in the title, Saint George. However, if one reads closely one can begin to pick up on the biblical allusions But the old hermit said, The Fairy queer has sent you t o do brave deeds in this world. That High metropolis that you see is in another world. Before you climb the path to it and adhere your shield on its wall, go down into the valley and fight the dragon that you were sent to fight. It is time for me to tell you that you were not born of fairy folk, but of English earth. The fairies stole you away as a baby while you slept