PrepTest 104, Section 3, Question 24
Freud's essay on "The Uncanny" can be said(458 more words not shown)
It can be inferred from(22 more words not shown)
- Afairy tales can(8 more words not shown)
- Beverything in fairy(4 more words not shown)
- Cfairy tales are(11 more words not shown)
- Dit is uncanny(12 more words not shown)
- Ethe reader represses(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
A dragon in a fantasy story isn't surprising in the way a dragon outside your front door would be. In the story, you've already accepted a world where extraordinary things happen. That's Freud's point about Snow White: her awakening doesn't clash with the reader's expectations.
What we’re looking for
We're explaining why “nothing is incredible” in that setting, not why children can understand it.
Working the answers
- A
Being understandable to young children doesn't explain the absence of that conflict in judgment.
- B
“Purely imaginary” sounds close, but imaginary events can still seem startling or out of place. The key is the fairy tale's unrestricted possibilities: readers expect extraordinary events there.
- CCorrect
Freud says “everything is possible,” so readers’ expectations are not challenged (paragraph 2). Events that would seem strange elsewhere fit the world of the tale. This captures the reasoning behind our dragon example.
- D
Freud specifically excludes fairy tales from the uncanny. This calls their fit with unconscious expectations uncanny instead of explaining his exclusion.
- E
Nothing says readers repress troublesome elements of the story. Freud's explanation is that its events don't create the conflict in the first place.
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