Jack and the Beanstalk

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English fairy tale children's story fairy tale folk tale

Jack and the Beanstalk is a classic English fairy tale about a poor boy who climbs a magical beanstalk to a giant’s castle in the sky, encountering danger and treasure.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Jack (from Jack and the Beanstalk)	1
Jack and the Beanstalk (children's book retellings)	1
Jack and the Beanstalk (film)	1
Jack and the Beanstalk (pantomime)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English fairy tale ⓘ children's story ⓘ fairy tale ⓘ folk tale ⓘ
centralConflict	Jack versus the giant ⓘ
collectedIn	English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	traditional European fairy-tale world ⓘ
firstMajorCollector	Joseph Jacobs ⓘ
genre	adventure fiction ⓘ fantasy ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Jack and the Beanstalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jack and the Beanstalk (children's book retellings) Jack and the Beanstalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jack and the Beanstalk (film) Jack and the Beanstalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jack and the Beanstalk (pantomime)
hasCharacter	Jack ⓘ Jack's mother ⓘ the cow ⓘ the giant ⓘ the giant's wife ⓘ the hen that lays golden eggs ⓘ the magical harp ⓘ
hasVariant	Jack the Giant Killer ⓘ
keyEvent	Jack climbs the beanstalk to the giant's castle ⓘ Jack cuts down the beanstalk ⓘ Jack steals treasures from the giant ⓘ Jack trades the family cow for magic beans ⓘ the beanstalk grows overnight into the sky ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
motif	beheading or felling of the beanstalk ⓘ climbing to the sky ⓘ magic beans ⓘ ogre or giant ⓘ treasure theft ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Jack ⓘ
notableQuote	Fee-fi-fo-fum ⓘ
openingSituation	Jack and his mother are poor ⓘ
plotElement	beanstalk ⓘ giant's castle in the sky ⓘ golden eggs ⓘ magic beans ⓘ talking harp ⓘ
resolution	Jack and his mother become rich ⓘ the giant falls and dies ⓘ
theme	bravery ⓘ consequences of greed ⓘ poverty and wealth ⓘ risk and reward ⓘ social class mobility ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fun and Fancy Free → basedOn → Jack and the Beanstalk ⓘ

Jack → featuredInWork → Jack and the Beanstalk ⓘ

Into the Woods → featuresCharacter → Jack and the Beanstalk ⓘ

subject surface form: Into the Woods (2014 film)

this entity surface form: Jack (from Jack and the Beanstalk)

Jack and the Beanstalk → hasAdaptation → Jack and the Beanstalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jack and the Beanstalk (film)

Jack and the Beanstalk → hasAdaptation → Jack and the Beanstalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jack and the Beanstalk (pantomime)

Jack and the Beanstalk → hasAdaptation → Jack and the Beanstalk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jack and the Beanstalk (children's book retellings)