Sunday, April 20, 2014

Discuss the conflict and resolution in Aesop's Fables.

I think that the premise of the question has to be
expanded.  There are multiple fables in the compendium and each one features a different
conflict and resolution.  The stories that become the fables are all different, as his
own freedom was granted on his ability to weave stories of different depths, conflicts,
and resolutions.  It is here where there is not "one" conflict and "one" resolution. 
Rather, there are different examples of conflicts and resolutions depending on the
fable.


For example, in "The Fox and the Crow," the conflict
is that the crow has something that the fox wants.  The resolution lies in the Fox's
cunning ability to flatter and the Crow's desire to be the recipient of more praise. 
The resolution is that the fox ends up getting what he wants out of the crow, proving
the illusory nature of false praise.  In another fable, "The Two Pots," the conflict
faced by the earthenware pot and the bronze pot is enduring the torrent of the river,
while the resolution is that both pots remain separate from one another, as the
earthenware pot recognizes not to try to be something that it is not and remain what it
is.  In these fables, there are different conflicts and resolutions that reflect
different human truths to be explored and lessons to be taught.

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