Codes and conevntions

After researching alot of fairy tales and only writing about a few below i picked out many codes and conventions that are similar through out the mayjority of fairy tales which were

• Family connections
  
• Royalty
  
• Death
  
• Marriage
• Quest / journey
  
• Natural elements of nature
  
• Helpful Characters
  
• Ultimatums or a ban on action
  
• Elementry colours such as gold and silver holding significant importance
• Special Objects
  
• Magic
• Enchanted creatures
  
• Human to Animal interaction
  
• Mystery and secrets
  
• Love - Falling in love Fast
  
• Morals
  
• Birth Rights / Inhertiance
• Justice for bad deeds
• Supernatural
  
• Good vs Evil
  
• Time Periods

We also noticed other ideas are not so dominant as the ones above

• Books
  
• Main characters are animals
  
• Basing story on a real life situation
• Puniments
  
• Unusual relationships
• Progressive love
  
• Social Classes

The Words in bold are the Conventions and codes feautured in fairytales that i will adopt into my own modernised version as i think they are the most realistic.