Cautionary tales and conformity Cautionary tales are ubiquitous in popular culture ; many urban legends are framed as cautionary tales: from the lover's lane haunted by a hook-handed murderer to the tale of a man who shot a cactus for fun only to die when the plant toppled onto him. Like horror fiction, generally the cautionary tale exhibits an ambivalent attitude towards social taboos. The narrator of a cautionary tale is momentarily excused from the ordinary demands of etiquette that discourages the use of gruesome or disgusting imagery because the tale serves to reinforce some other social taboo. Cautionary tales are also frequently utilised to spread awareness of moral issues , and for this reason are often told to children to make them conform to rules that either protect them or are for their own safety.
Cautionary tales and conformity Cautionary tales are ubiquitous in popular culture , many urban legends are framed as cautionary tales: from the lover's lane haunted by a hook-handed murderer to the tale of a man who shot a cactus for fun only to die when the plant toppled onto him. Like horror fiction, generally the cautionary tale exhibits an ambivalent attitude towards social taboos. The narrator of a cautionary tale is momentarily excused from the ordinary demands of etiquette that discourages the use of gruesome or disgusting imagery because the tale serves to reinforce some other social taboo. Cautionary tales are also frequently utilized to spread awareness of moral issues . For this reason, they are often told to children to make them conform to rules that either protect them or are for their own safety.
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