Question

How do parables and fables differ?

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Parables have human characters while fables have animal characters.

Explanation:

Fables are fictitious stories, which make use of animals, mystical creatures, plants and inanimate objects as principal characters to enforce a useful truth. These characters are presented with human personalities and qualities to bring forth a moral lesson and ended in an adage format. Their writers also take advantage of the cultural and traditional aspects of their origins.

Parables are also fictitious stories, which make use of human characters to enforce a moral or religious lesson in a didactic format, for example Jesus´s parables in the Bible. They are brief and precise and sometimes uses analogy to explain better.  

Answer 2

The correct answer among the choices given is D.