Which three excerpts from Nadine Gordimer's “Once Upon a Time” are reminiscent of those elements found in traditional fairy tales? Select all that apply. In a house
- … there were a man and his wife who loved each other very much and were living happily ever after. …
they were warned, by that wise old witch …
not to take on anyone off the street.
- I was waiting for it; waiting to hear if it indicated that feet were moving from room to room, coming up the passage—to my door
-. So I began to tell myself a story, a bedtime story The little boy was fascinated by the device and used it as a walkie-talkie in cops and robbers play with his small friends
-. … as her Christmas present to her son and his wife—the little boy got a Space Man outfit and a book of fairy tales.
-the Prince who braves the terrible thicket of thorns to enter the palace and kiss the Sleeping Beauty back to life.

… there were a man and his wife who loved each other very much and were living happily ever after. … they were warned, by that wise old witch … not to take on anyone off the street.
… as her Christmas present to her son and his wife—the little boy got a Space Man outfit and a book of fairy tales.
The Prince who braves the terrible thicket of thorns to enter the palace and kiss the Sleeping Beauty back to life.

The first excerpt presents the typical kid-friendly ending to fairy tales: "living happily ever after". Moreover, witches are commonly used entities to serve as the villians of the story.

The second excerpt refers to the son as a "little boy", which is common in fairy tales.

The third excerpt follows a prince in his quest to rescue a damsel in distress, which is very popular in fairy tales involving royal families.

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Answer:

The three excerpts from Nadine Gordimer's “Once Upon a Time” that are reminiscent of those elements found in traditional fairy tales are:

- In a house… there were a man and his wife who loved each other very much and were living happily ever after. …

they were warned, by that wise old witch …

not to take on anyone off the street.

-. … as her Christmas present to her son and his wife—the little boy got a Space Man outfit and a book of fairy tales.

-the Prince who braves the terrible thicket of thorns to enter the palace and kiss the Sleeping Beauty back to life.

Explanation:

This three paragraphs show common elements that are present in fairy tales, first we have a witch that is one of the classic villains in this kind of stories, then we have a Christmas present which is given to a boy, that might remind the fairy godmothers in those stories, and at the end we have the prince who is the hero in all the princesses stories.