fable

fable

1. themes

   • the themes are varied and linked to the characteristics that the animals represent, for example: the lion, strength; the owl, wisdom; the fox, the cunning. Remember the title! The cicada and the ant is one of the most famous fables

2. fable style

   • fable is an allegorical and short narrative text, written in prose or verse, in which the characters are generally animals with human characteristics such as speech, customs, etc., and present a teaching, a moral lesson for man.

3. characters

   • In a fable, characters are called type characters. This is because they represent a way of being of a group of people and not each one individually. Thus, animals symbolize aspects of human beings, for example, the fox represents cunning, the lion represents strength.

4. moral

   • The fable has a moral background and is generally used for educational purposes. The moral of the fables took on a life of its own, becoming proverbs - ready-made phrases, coming from popular knowledge, transmitted by word of mouth and which contain a certain teaching on some aspect of life.