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- | A '''happy ending''' is an ending of the [[Plot (narrative)|plot]] of a work of [[fiction]] in which most everything turns out for the best for the [[hero]] or heroine, their [[sidekick]]s, and just about everyone but the [[villain]]s. This is epitomized in the standard [[fairy tale]] ending phrase, ''"happily ever after"'' or ''"and they lived happily ever after."'' Satisfactory happy endings are happy for the reader as well, in that the characters he or she sympathizes with are rewarded.{{GFDL}} | + | :In the modern world, happy endings have sometimes been viewed as an American specialty (read: Hollywood), and the English-language words happy ending (or happy end) have been imported as-is into other languages to make this point. |
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+ | A '''happy ending''' is an ending of the [[Plot (narrative)|plot]] of a work of [[fiction]] in which most everything turns out for the best for the [[hero]] or heroine, their [[sidekick]]s, and just about everyone but the [[villain]]s. This is epitomized in the standard [[fairy tale]] ending phrase, ''"happily ever after"'' or ''"and they lived happily ever after."'' Satisfactory happy endings are happy for the reader as well, in that the characters he or she sympathizes with are rewarded. | ||
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+ | == Related == | ||
+ | comedy - feel good movies - happiness - poetic justice - romantic comedy - plot device - story - technique | ||
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+ | == Other 'endings' == | ||
+ | [[open ending]] - [[sad ending]] - [[twist ending]] | ||
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+ | [[Happily ever after]]The term Happily Ever After is most commonly deployed in the description of children’s fiction and romantic fiction. It refers to the idea of a happy ending in which all the good characters have emerged victorious, while the evil characters have been punished. Often the hero and heroine settle into matrimonial bliss, with the assumption being made that their lives will continue to be harmonious and happy forever more. The abolition of death implied by the phrase demonstrates that it is only applicable to stories set in mythological time. | ||
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+ | In many fairy tales, the phrase "and they lived happily ever after" is the literal ending. | ||
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+ | The concept of the "happily ever after" ending can also be deployed in a sarcastic sense, to indicate that a novel has too schematic a view of life or brings events to too neat a resolution. However, it could be argued that such stories hark back to folk narrative such as those collected by The Brothers Grimm. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happily_ever_after [Aug 2006] | ||
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- In the modern world, happy endings have sometimes been viewed as an American specialty (read: Hollywood), and the English-language words happy ending (or happy end) have been imported as-is into other languages to make this point.
A happy ending is an ending of the plot of a work of fiction in which most everything turns out for the best for the hero or heroine, their sidekicks, and just about everyone but the villains. This is epitomized in the standard fairy tale ending phrase, "happily ever after" or "and they lived happily ever after." Satisfactory happy endings are happy for the reader as well, in that the characters he or she sympathizes with are rewarded.
Related
comedy - feel good movies - happiness - poetic justice - romantic comedy - plot device - story - technique
Other 'endings'
open ending - sad ending - twist ending
Happily ever afterThe term Happily Ever After is most commonly deployed in the description of children’s fiction and romantic fiction. It refers to the idea of a happy ending in which all the good characters have emerged victorious, while the evil characters have been punished. Often the hero and heroine settle into matrimonial bliss, with the assumption being made that their lives will continue to be harmonious and happy forever more. The abolition of death implied by the phrase demonstrates that it is only applicable to stories set in mythological time.
In many fairy tales, the phrase "and they lived happily ever after" is the literal ending.
The concept of the "happily ever after" ending can also be deployed in a sarcastic sense, to indicate that a novel has too schematic a view of life or brings events to too neat a resolution. However, it could be argued that such stories hark back to folk narrative such as those collected by The Brothers Grimm. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happily_ever_after [Aug 2006]