The Emperor's New Clothes

Kind: Fairy Tale

Setting: Danish 1837

Style: Fantasy

Moral: Don’t agree with others because of fear of being laughed at especially with lack of evidence.

Main Character: The emperor who loves wearing fine clothes.

Secondary: The two weavers who swindle money out of the emperor with invisible clothing.

The entire kingdom that pretends that they can see the clothes.

The child who calls out the truth of the emperor being naked.

Traditional ending: a child calls out that the emperor isn’t wearing clothes and the emperor realizes he’s naked but continues with the parade.

Ending one: Emperor holds his head up and people watching the parade shout long live the emperor even though he is only clothes in his ego.

Ending two: The Emperor becomes embarrassed and humiliated from being naked