Weak fear company of strong

Motif

Weak fear company of strong.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Choices. · Choice of associates. · Association of strong and weak. · view the constellation · filed as J425

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Literary Crystallization Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee , A Midsummer-Night's Dream Act 3

Within the index

Filed under Association of strong and weak.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Earthen and brazen pots in river. Brazen pot thinks that they should stay together for company. Earthen pot, however, fears approach of brazen pot Buffalo refuses tiger's invitation to dinner. He sees fire prepared to cook him

Filed beside it

Subordination of weak to strong Stupid fear company of clever Association of rat with cat ceases as soon as mutual danger has passed. The rat threatened by the weasel and the owl allies himself with a cat caught in a net. Saved by the cat, he rescues the cat with precaution and then prudently renounces further relations with her Association of cow and tiger: tiger eats cow as soon as she is hungry Association of tiger and crane. They soon quarrel Association of strong and weak – miscellaneous

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