"Far more important is the Consolation of the Happy Ending. Almost I would venture to assert that all complete fairy-stories must have it. At least I would say that Tragedy is the true form of Drama, its highest function; but the opposite is true of Fairy-story. Since we do not appear to possess a word that expresses this opposite - I will call it Eucatastrope. The eucatastrophic tale is the true form of fairy-tale, and its highest function."
J R R Tolkien ~ On Fairy-Stories
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