1.) The genre of this story is a short story. It could also be a novella or a fable. 2.) The exposition is when the story begins, explaining how the king has twelve beautiful daughters that sleep in twelve beds in one room. When they go to bed the doors are shut and locked. Even though so much trouble is went through to keep the princesses safe in their room, every morning their shoes are found to be quite worn out as if they were dancing in them all night. However, nobody can find out how this happens each night, or where the princesses escape to, to dance so. An example from the text is, "There was a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. They slept in twelve beds all in one room and when they went to bed, the doors were shut and locked up. However, every morning their shoes were found to be quite worn through as if they had been danced in all night. Nobody could find out how it happened, or where the princesses had been." 3.) The rising action is when the king offers any one of his daughters and the spot as heir in exchange for …show more content…
One dynamic character is the soldier. At the beginning of the story, the soldier is an old patriot who can no longer fight and was on his way to live out the rest of his life as an old soldier. But by the end of the story, he is a husband to the eldest daughter and is heir to the throne, he now has a purpose again. The others are the princesses. In the beginning of the story the princesses were childish and devious, sneaking off during the night to dance with their princes. By the end of the story, the princesses are more mature as they admit to their wrong doings and will never be able to go through their trap door again, as I am sure that will be made possible by the king, which will allow them to be present for more important tasks at hand so they can mature as princesses. Also, the eldest daughter has matured because she is now married and has to be a supportive wife to the