Motif
public expert exposed by private failure
public_expert_exposed_by_private_failure
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Borrowed Status and Exposed Bravado. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation THE CLOWN AND THE COUNTRYMAN / THE LARK AND THE FARMER / THE LION AND THE ASS / THE PROPHET; lines 2927-2938 confidence: high
A prophet sits in the marketplace and tells fortunes for anyone who hires him.
The prophet's professional claim is undercut when he cannot perceive a danger affecting himself, and a bystander explicitly points out the inconsistency.
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