The Dragon Creature as Fairy Tail Creature

Dragons, for example, are normally giant fearless creatures that destroy anything and e reallything in their way. They capture maidens, kill knights and possess extraordinary confidence, further the dragon in this poem shows none of those characteristics. The majority of his section is filled with complaints closely his line drawing in the painting. like the angle he was painted at, and he is bewildered that 2 of his feet werent in the painting. He also has no interest in the maiden that he has captured, he actually finds her quite ugly. All he is worrying ab give away is what people are going to think of him, when usually a dragon wouldnt care, all they want to do is kill, and capture, but this dragon shows little confidence or interest in those tasks.Traditionally maidens are supposed to be excellent at heart and pure at bear in mind, but this maiden is in no way like that. She is very much attracted to the dragon who has captured her and she has no interest in being rescue d, by the possibly ugly knight. Her lust towards that dragon is very strong, and her supposed pure mind is actually quite dirty. Unfortunately, her little crush must fire because the dragon was defeated, which meant she might as well run off with the cavalry who saved her, because she needs to think about her future.The knight in this tosh cares little about the maiden he is saving and more about his credibility as a Knight. He has all the latest horse, and weapons, and he is the most qualified to slay the dragon. He wants to finish the job that was appoint to him and he doesnt understand why this maiden wont just get out of his way so he can rescue her and add an opposite(prenominal) achievement to his already stacked resume. He portrays a more juvenile mind thence the customary knight, and work is most important to him. separately speaker from each section is showing a different side, then lectors would usually see or expect, and the sides they are showing are picturesque unpleasant which is why the poem is called Not My Best Side. thither is also humor added to the usually serious love story.the dragon, unlike its mythologic counterpart has quite a sophisticated vocabulary, use of adjectives like ostentatiously beardless and the idiom old chap suggests an intelligent, well spoken, stereotypical British,Upper Class gentleman, the antithesis of a ferocious monster. The line Not my best side, Im afraid., reveals the dragons self conciousness and obsession with appearance, a reocurring theme.The nouns artist and pose indicate the poem is about a character in a painting and the dragon is highly critical of both the painter, Poor chap, he had this obsession with Triangles, so he left off two of my Feet. and the other characters, Why should my victim be so Unattractive as to be inedible,. It is the comical and conversational tone that makes the dragon so likeable and slews of rhetorical questions draw the reader in, particularly (What, after all, are two feet To a monster?) which, enclosed in brackets gives the impression the dragon is addressing the reader directly.Continuing the pattern of reversing the stereotypes, the girl is presented as a slightly feminist, with a mind of her own, Its hard for a girl to be sure if She wants to be rescued., non the.