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

raging Elements of reverence George and The tartar Margaret Hodges adapted Saint George and The Dragon from its original work that was written by Edmund Spencer. Saint George and The Dragon is a short falsehood that was published in 1984. Margaret Hodges, who adapted this untamed literature, is from northmost America. Saint George and The Dragon shows some mentionistic of Magical Realism however, it is Fantastic Literature. Saint George and The Dragon is similar to Magical Realism because the characters within the story treat the level offts as a recipe occurrence. The way in which verity is mixed with a touch of non-reality supports that the story is maven of Magical Realism. other es directial part of Magical Realism is the normality of the characters. The lead character within Saint George and The Dragon is ordinary or mundane. Unlike fantastic literature with its Hercules and many unreal heroes, Saint George is just a normal human world. Finally, the one elemen t that carries the largest weight is no limitations are get up 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 balance 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 fact that Saint George battles the dragon and defeats it. Biblical allusions are sewn throughout the short story. The biblical allusions servemed 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 Queen has direct you to do brave deeds in this world. That High City that you see is in another world. Before you climb the path to it and hang your shell 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 face earth. The fairies stole you away as a baby while you slept