Motif
isolated master becomes fearful captive
isolated_master_becomes_fearful_captive
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Tyrants' Fear, War, and Vengeance. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 5132-5213 confidence: high
A wealthy slave owner is imagined carried by a god into a wilderness with no freemen to help him; he fears and flatters his slaves and is surrounded by neighbors hostile to slave ownership.
The slave-owner analogy shows a powerful owner transported to a wilderness, where lack of protection turns him into a frightened flatterer of those he commands.
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