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The great art of storytelling has been around for generations calling forth new listeners even at this present day. In everyday life, through books, theaters, televisions, and spoken word, new and old stories are told to a variety of people. The folktale, which h ....

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.... into a new world. For the listener, it is pure escapism. The popularity of the folktale has existed so long for one main reason. Stith Thompson , a folklorist himself, has studied reasons in which a folktale is told. He states “Stories may differ in subject from place to place, the conditions and purposes of taletelling may change as we move from land to land or from century to century, and yet everywhere it ministers to the same basic social and individual needs. The call for entertainment...” (484) With every tale being told, an audience is eager to listen and retell the story to a new audience. The call of curiosity has pulled a variety ....