Elantris a Fairy Tale?

[sora_xo he/him]

Heya everyone,

So I'm an IB diploma student, I'm doing an extended essay on English. For this purpose, I have chosen Elantris, and I was brainstorming with my teacher about my research topic. So she's read some of it so far (she loves it btw), and she suggested I look at how it fits into the definition of a fairy tale. Now I did a bit of research about the elements of a fairy tale (not the typical things like happy endings and magic, but more) and found that it actually has a lot of fairy tale features to it. So I would appreciate some inputs on what you guys think about Elantris being somewhat of a fairy tale. Thanks a lot <3

[Karger he/him]

Well to start with their are a lot of elements in common with some of the standard fairy tales.  An intelligent and beautiful princess that is somehow still single, a lost prince, a puzzle to be solved, and fantastic obstacles to be overcome.