Fairytales appeal to readers because they deal with good and evil characters in entertaining scenarios. Part of the appeal of fairytales is their "happy-ever-after" endings. The resolution of fairytales usually results in evil characters succeeded by good characters. Fairytales also involve love, release from entrapment and rightful gain. The conclusion of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The House of the Seven Gables, presents an idealized wish-world for the reader by appealing to the reader's desire for a "…showed first 75 words of 1455 total…

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