Motif
downfall from high station
downfall_from_high_station
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
sufi
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The Persian Mystics: Jámí OCCUPATION ENNOBLED BY A GREAT MAN / THIRD GARDEN / WISE MAXIMS / THE DOWNFALL OF THE MIGHTY; lines 1820-1837 confidence: high
The favourites of Sultáns are likened to people climbing a precipitous mountain and falling because of anger and the vicissitudes of time.
The passage compares the favourites of Sultáns in elevated positions to climbers whose fall from a mountain is especially disastrous.
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