Topic > Fairy Tale - 1606

Fantasy: Just Another WorldA fairy tale. although it seems simple in definition, it is not as simple as it seems. It is a sophisticated story of unreal fairies living in a fantasy world, the creation of which requires several important ingredients. In "On Fairy-Stories", JRR Tolkien takes on the role of a cook and turns the "Soup" ¡V into a fairy tale. To realize the fantasy concept, the author creates the secondary world that readers can enter. The Secondary World is an alternate reality created in the mind that corresponds to the laws established by the creator. However, Tolkien emphasizes the importance of following "the desires of the body and the heart" in fantastic creation (113). This conveys that the author's free will to create a separate world requires that he become a follower of his own world. In The Silmarillion, Tolkien creates a fantasy world called "Arda" and lets readers enter it. Through this fantasy world, Tolkien frees the reader from the domination of the Primary World, which represents reality; however, it produces an internal consistency of reality that acts as a bridge between the reader and the Secondary World. Tolkien explains that the inner consistency of reality is an image or a reorganization of images that originates in and parallels the actual arrangement of images in the Primary World. In The Silmarillion, Tolkien creates a fantasy world that contains elements of both good and evil and shows that secondary belief is necessary to accept this world. With the use of Valar, Tolkien creates a fantasy that starts from the primary world; however, there is still a concept of dualism: the existence of contrasting forces of good and evil. In “On Fairy Stories,” Tolkien states that “fantasy, of course, begins with an advantage: arresting strangeness” (139). Following this idea, The Silmarillion begins with musical themes sung in unison and harmony by the Valar, also known as the gods (3). This means the peace and good of the fantasy world created by Tolkien; this element of good in the Secondary World comes from the real world. However, it is evident that peace and good are not actually omnipresent. Tolkien immediately introduces an element of evil that clashes with harmonious sounds of peace. For example, Melkor, a Vala with the greatest gifts of power and knowledge, exploits his power unfairly.