Stylistic Elements of Fiction: Rule of Three & Magic Helper

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Stylistic Elements of Fiction: Rule of Three & Magic Helper

Traditional Literature is a genre of literature that includes all the usual elements of narrative writing (plot, theme, literary devices, etc.). However, many types of traditional literature include two special stylistic elements: Rule of Three and Magic Helper

Rule of Three

The rule of three is a writing strategy that suggests that things that come in threes are naturally funnier, more satisfying, or more effective than other numbers of things. The reader is also more likely to process information if it is written in groups of threes. From slogans ("Go, fight, win!") to character groupings, many things are structured in threes. There were the Three Musketeers, the Three Little Pigs, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the Three Blind Mice, and even the Three Stooges. A series of three is often used to create a progression in which the tension is created, then built up, and finally released (such as in “The Three Little Pigs” or “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”).

In storytelling in general, authors often create triplets - or structures in three parts – which is even seen in the parts of a story…beginning, middle, and end. “Jack and the Beanstalk” showed Jack climbing the beanstalk three times. The wicked stepmother visited Snow White in the forest three times before she finally caused her to fall to her death. In the “Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy is only able to return home to Kansas after clicking her ruby slippers together three times, chanting, “There’s no place like home.” In most folklore, there are three tasks which have to be performed to reach a certain goal.

Magic helper

Many fairy tales have a typical list of characters that often include the protagonist (or hero), a princess (or some other “damsel in distress”), a magic helper, and an antagonist (or villain). The magic helper is a character – whether supernatural, human, or animal – who possesses an extraordinary kind of power that often assists the hero or heroine throughout his/her journey within the story.

Magic helpers, such as the “Fairy Godmother” in Cinderella, allow for things to occur within a story that would otherwise be impossible. The magic helper is the element that usually links the genres of fairy tales & fantasy fiction. Magic helpers often assist other characters with their problems, allowing the plot to progress and the conflict(s) to be resolved.

Think about it: Would Cinderella have ever been able to make it to the ball on time if the Fairy Godmother’s wand hadn’t turned the pumpkin into a coach, her rags into a dress, and the mice into horses? Would Pinocchio have been able to turn into a “real boy” without the blue fairy’s help? Would Aladdin have been able to end up with Jasmine if it hadn’t been for the genie?

Though the stylistic elements of “Rule of Three” and “Magic Helper” aren’t used in fiction as often as foreshadowing, flashback, symbolism, and theme, it’s important to recognize them as a part of the collection of strategies that fictional writers use to make their stories interesting.