Fable
A brief narrative with animal characters that teaches a moral lesson.
Real World
Aesop's 'The Tortoise and the Hare' has been used in Nike advertising campaigns to promote persistence — a 2,500-year-old moral still powerful enough to sell trainers.
Exam Focus
State the moral explicitly and then analyse how specific animal characterisation (the hare's arrogance, the tortoise's perseverance) is constructed to deliver it.
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