As Auður Eva Guðmundsdóttir said: “Fairy tales are mystical and magical stories and it is quite unusual that they are based on real events. » The tale of Anastasia, however, turns out to be very distinct from all other fairy tales. The true story of Grand Duchess Anastasia is an enchanted tale with a doomed ending unlike any other fairy tale. Another point that confirms that this story is a different type of fairy tale is that it is actually based on events that happened in the story. So, how much of Anastasia's story is fictional and how much is history? On June 18, 1901, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna became the parents of Anastasia Nicholaevna Romanov . As a child she was a prankster, had a very vivacious and vivacious personality; she always lit up the whole room and was full of energy (Britannica Online). Anastasia even made her father laugh when she imitated the haughty visitors to the palace. One of Anastasia's many nicknames was "shvibzik", the Russian word for "imp" (Brewster 23), and Anastasia's French tutor, Pierre Gilliard, said: "She was the imp of the whole house and the darkest face brightened in his presence. , for it was impossible to resist his jokes and nonsense” (Brewster 23). During World War I, when her older sisters Olga, Tatiana and her mother were working as nurses in military hospitals, Anastasia was only 13 years old and so she and her older sister Marie were too young to train as nurses. ; instead, they visited the wounded soldiers and comforted them. “I [Anastasia] sat with one of our soldiers today and helped him learn to read,” Anastasia wrote in a letter to her father (Brewster 46). Meanwhile, within the government, revolts and strikes... middle of paper ...... om Anastasia and it is clear that she chose Dimitri” (Guðmundsdóttir 35). Overall, Anastasia is the epitome of the perfect heroine because she chooses love over her royal title. In conclusion, “the film [Anastasia] has almost no historical references – it is nothing more than a fairy tale. Then again...is that such a bad thing? It contains all the necessary elements of a fairy tale…” (Guðmundsdóttir 37). Although Fox's 1997 film Anastasia is filled with historical inaccuracies, it fulfills the purpose of a film and a fairy tale: it delights children and entertains children and adults alike. The film may have been twisted to conclude with a happy ending, inconsistent with the actual story, but as stated above, "it fulfills its role well..." (Guðmundsdóttir 37), providing the audience with the ending happy girl who makes fairy tales what they are. they are.