Aesop's Fables · Character

The Blind Man

A sightless man who raises a wolf cub and learns a hard lesson.

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Also known as The Blind Man, the Blind Man, The Man

First appearance: The Blind Man and the Cub

The Blind Man shows up with force in The Flea and the Man. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The man, angered by the flea's bites, catches and kills it, asserting that even minor evils must be destroyed.

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In The Flea and the Man: The man, angered by the flea's bites, catches and kills it, asserting that even minor evils must be destroyed. Later, in The Blind Man and the Cub: Uses his fine sense of touch to identify…

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Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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The Flea and the Man
The man, angered by the flea's bites, catches and kills it, asserting that even minor evils must be destroyed.
The Blind Man and the Cub
Uses his fine sense of touch to identify animals, but cannot distinguish between a wolf cub and a fox cub.
The Boasting Traveller
The boasting traveller who claims to have made a remarkable jump in Rhodes.
The Man and the Image
The poor man who prays to the wooden image and later destroys it in anger, finding gold inside.
The Man and the Satyr
The man blows on his hands to warm them and on his porridge to cool it, demonstrating contradictory behavior.
The Man and His Two Sweethearts
A middle-aged man with greying hair who is caught between the conflicting desires of his two sweethearts.
The Weasel and the Man
Captures the weasel and decides to kill it despite its plea, judging its harm outweighs its good.
The Swan
Buys the Swan expecting entertainment, but fails to understand its nature and regrets not wringing its neck.

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