The Mice in Council

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Aesop's Fables - 6. The Mice in Council

- The Aesop's fables dramatic structures -

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Structure

The Mice in Council

Dramatic Cycles

  • ((attack,hungry,cat,animals),(attack,couldNotStand,protectThemselves,mice,animals))

The cat's attacks are good for the cat, but bad for the mice.

  • ((bellTheCat,bellInstalled,bellWarns,attack,couldNotStand,protectThemselves),(bellTheCat,cattAttacks,protectThemselve))

Belling the cat warns the mice when the cat attacks and therefore protect them. But belling the cat will itself provoke an attack from the cat and will not make mice safer.

Comments

The analysis does not cover the contrast between the collective threat (recurrent attacks from the cat) and the individual threat (when installing the bell).