Aesop's Fables · Character
Fortune
The personification of luck who appears to a farmer.
minor
Also known as Fortune, Dame Fortune
First appearance: The Farmer and Fortune
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In The Farmer and Fortune: Appears to the farmer to correct his misplaced gratitude and warns of future blame. Later, in The Traveller and…
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- Other
Character groups
- Diverse Moral Agents
- Moral Archetypes and Victims
- Hunters and Tradesmen
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs when the victor Cock, swollen with pride after his triumph, is sud…
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See Fortune in The Farmer and Fortune