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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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12 connections

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TAThe AssTOThe Old ManTMThe MillerTFThe FarmerJUJupiterFOFortune

Relationship types

  • 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.

SetupAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • 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