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Motif

Violence of temper.

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – social. · view the constellation · filed as W185

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6 finer motifs beneath it
Man demonstrates his violence of temper. He overhears a man tell of his temper. In anger he enters and demands to know when he has ever lost his temper Prayer that overbearing knight's illness be increased. A little sickness has made him kind; more may make him kinder Temper lost from reading history. Man so angered that he refuses to pay his workmen Monk loses temper at cup and breaks it. [Inadvertant duplication of H1553.5.] Violence of judge's temper leads him to have men given death sentence unjustly Insult worse than wound. The lion to the man: "The wound has healed, but the pain of harsh words still remains."
Filed beside it
Greed Stinginess Miserliness Ingratitude Hardness of heart The dog in the manger. Has no use for the manger but refuses to give it up to the horse Dishonesty Inhospitality. (Cf. Q292.) Love of publicity False pride. Son ashamed of his peasant father who brings him money. Father disinherits him. (Cf. Q331.) Stubbornness Two-facedness Changeableness Jealousy The crying child. He stops crying so that after a rest he can cry louder than ever Insolence

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