Star Wars is called a space opera because that’s the name of the genre. I understand that its a circular answer it that level because it does not explain how the space opera genre got its name.
Space operas have stories with showy drama that is very shallow when analyzed. There are good good guys, bad bad guys and no one in between. There are love stories without mundane dating. There are battles between empires without questioning why each side is the way it is.
There are several stories on way the name space opera emerged for the genre. See other responses for “horse opera” and “soap opera”. But I suggest the the similarity with stage operas is more apt than you seem to think.
Stage operas have stories with showy drama that is very shallow when analyzed. There are good good guys, bad bad guys and no one in between. There are love stories without mundane dating. There are battles between kingdoms without questioning why each side is the way it is. Very parallel!
sorry I know you said 3 examples but you know :|
Answer:
Talking to or talking about black people in a negative was
Explanation:
I'm not sure what your options are, but here's what I've come up with:
The reason for our tardiness was because we got stuck in traffic.
Answer: Yes it is
Explanation:
The beautiful thing about fiction is that it can predict how reality will go before reality happens. It can hold up a temporal mirror to society and say to it "if you don't stop what you are doing, this is what will happen".
If we were to rely on non-fiction to teach people all the time then we would only be able to react to problems instead of act to avert them because with reality we can only learn in hindsight.
Fiction can be used to show what will happen if a certain behavior continues or is started thereby convincing people to either continue or stop. Fiction is therefore very useful in convincing people of certain ideas.
