Teaching with Fables

The characterization in fables presents a rich opportunity to explore fictional characters, and to pit these insights agaist insights imagined for other characters.

Character maps can appear similar to Compare and Contrast maps, but the dimensions of emotion, motive, ideals, aspirations and dreams, that are revealed by interaction with the environment…and the external forces of fate, chance and luck…weave a tapestry of relationships.

Character analysis provides unlimited investigations and unlimited possibilities for students’ creativity.