Motif
self-chosen path to destruction
self_chosen_path_to_destruction
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Self-Defeating Remedies and Choices. 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 BROTHER AND SISTER / THE HEIFER AND THE OX / THE KINGDOM OF THE LION / THE ASS AND HIS DRIVER; lines 3737-3747 confidence: high
The driver gives up, saying, “get to the bottom your own way,” and warns it is “the way to sudden death.”
The driver explicitly states that the ass’s chosen way leads to sudden death.
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