Fables
What is a Fable?
Fable derived from a latin word ‘fibula’ which means a story that is a derivative of the word ‘Fari’ which means to speak. A Fable can be defined as a concise and brief story intended to provide a moral lesson at the end.
In literature, it is described as a didactic[1] lesson given through some sort of animal story. In proves and verse, a fable is described through plants, animals, forces of nature and inanimate objects by giving them human attributes wherein they demonstrate a moral lesson at the end.
Purpose of Fables
The purpose of writing a fable is to convey a moral lesson and message. Fables also give readers a chance to laugh at the follies of human beings and they can be employed for the objective of satire and criticism. They are very helpful in teaching children good lessons based on examples. However, in literature, fables are used for didactic purposes at a much broader level.
[1] Didactic; intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.
Literary Devices 20/06 (2015) http://literarydevices.net/fable/
Features of a Fable
- · Provide a moral story
- · Use animals presented with anthropomorphic characteristics such as ability to speak and to reason.
- · Personify the animal characters.
Why did I choose to adapt fables?
I chose to adapt fables because I feel it is important to learn morals and to be able to differentiate right from wrong. When we grow, we are exposed to the ugly side of nature, which develops us to accept and be unkind to others, this turns into a rough cycles of life.
Not only will this series of shorts remind us as human beings, I feel this will help improve the way we behave towards each other to better our lifestyles and see things in a positive way. Such as ‘No act of Kindness is wasted, no matter how small’.
Selected fables we will be working on with then new director are:
The Curse of Beauty:
Fable meaning: ‘It is not sufficient for people to do things just with desire and enthusiasm. Maybe the effect can be contrary to what they wish.’
Stephanie, a young woman who is envious of other people’s beauty, dreams to be beautiful. She comes across a warlock that is able to create a potion for her. She drinks the potion and the next day her looks change. She now sees herself as the beautiful young woman she’s always wanted to be, however little does she know that others now see her ugly.
Protecting Nature:
Fable meaning: ‘Traitors must expect treachery’
Elliott, a young man recently loses his father and is distraught. He tries to contact him through an Ouija board and ends up getting a message through, a name of a plant. He researches into the plant finding out that this plant could be used to bring someone back to life. He trespasses into the dryad’s forest, taking one of her plants. Later that evening the dryad goes to Elliott’s home to retrieve her plant, killing him in the process.
The Devourers:
Fable meaning: ‘Unity is strength’
Devourers - Devourers are creatures that take human form. They stay alive by consuming human souls.
Brother and sister, Jackson and Scarlett are devourers, creatures that eat human souls. They go out to hunt for food and decide to split up. Scarlett is able to find a victim, however he gets away. The next night they hunt again, this time Jackson and Scarlett hunt together. Scarlett finds the victim that got away the night before and is able to successfully feed.
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