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Throughout the ages, the forest has been the setting for countless fairy tales, legends, myths, and other magical themes. Often the home of witches, hermits, and even supernormal beings, it is the archetypal location of the fairy story. It is the location of many dark events and acts as well. The enchanted forest, however, represents a complexity that influences both plot progression and character development. It is the buffer, the major dramatic symbol between our everyday present and that of an enchanted world where humans and animals speak the same language. But the forest is also a vast expanse, dark and tangled, where things don’t always happen to come out the way one anticipated.
In literature, the enchanted forest is greatly identified with the fairy tale, a genre which has inspired a great deal of fiction for children and young adults. Often present in stories of knights on a quest, the enchanted forest inspires the heroes to explore the unknown and is a physical manifestation of inner conflict or fear. In some cases, the enchanted forest can be seen as a protector of its characters. At times, it also plays the role of tapestry or backdrop to the character’s transformation, cleansing, or initiation. The enchanted forest embodies the unnameable with both beautiful and sometimes brutal connotations. A site of great complexity, it is a symbol, a metaphor, and a physical location in literature that represents an overwhelming ability to suggest, promote, stir, and create meaning from variations of experience and understanding.
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