The film, "the Shawshank redemption" is often referred to as a "Dark Fairy Tale." That is, it displays all the basic elements of a classical fairytale, which in turn are characterised by gloom. A fairy tale is defined as a type of literary discourse about morals, values and manners. The typical fairy tale portrays the co-existence of good and evil in which the conflict of power and social relators is evident throughout the plot, and …showed first 75 words of 1179 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1179 total…though there is a considerable amount of evidence to show the film is a fairy tale, evidence to prove otherwise is also shown. This is shown through the lack of romance in the film and also, the lack of supernatural and a variety of members of society. Therefore, it is shown that there are different evidence to suggest that the film, "The Shawshank Redemption", is a 'dark fairy tale' and also, evidence to prove otherwise.