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What happend and whats the moral of “La cigale et la fourmi”?
the cigale sang all summer long and when the winter came he wasn`t prepared so he went to the fourmi for food but got rejected:Have responsibility and prepare for what comes in the future
what happend and whats the moral of “La poule aux oeufs d’or”?
A farmer had a chicken that layed gold eggs, but the farmer kills it thinking it has a grand treasure inside. Do not be hasty in greed.
What happend and whats the moral of “Le loup et la cigogne”?
A loup gets a bone stuck in him and a cigogne comes and saves him but demands a payment. The wolf says “your lucky that I didn’t eat you”: Dont expect a reward in helping the wicked, your lucky if they let you live
what happend and whats the moral of “Le corbeau et le renard”?
There was a corbeau on a branch with cheese in its beak, and a renard using flattery got the corbeau to croak causing the cheese to drop: Be aware of people who use flattery to get ahead in life.
what happend and whats the moral of “Le loup er l’agneau”?
A loup encountered a agneau who was drinking from a stream and the wolf accusses the lamb of spoiling his drink despite the lamb being really far downstream. The lamb tries to reason but gets eaten by the wolf:The mightiest are always right
what happend and whats the moral of “Le lievre et la tortue”?
A tortue challenged a lievre to a race in which the lievre got too cocky and lost the race to the tortue. Slow and steady wins the race
what happend and whats the moral of “Le renard et la cigogne”?
A renard invited a cigogne to eat with him, but the cigogne wasn’t able to eat from the flat plate it was given and went home hungry. As revenge the cigogne did the same thing to the fox and served the fox food in a thin and long vase where his snout can’t reach:Treat others the way you want to be treated or if you do something expect it to come back at you
what happend and whats the moral of “Le Rat de ville et le rat des champs”?
A rat de ville invited a rat des champs to dine. They got attacked by cats and fled. The rat de champs invites the rat de ville to live with him, but the rat de ville said he prefers the luxery even if it means living a life with terror: Live a simple life instead of one with luxury filled with stress and anxiety
what happend and whats the moral of “Le Chène et le roseau”?
A chene tall and proud makes fun of the roseau for being weak, one day a storm comes and the chene instead of taking cover, stands tall and proud, confidant on taking on the storm. While the roseau stays low avoiding the storm. The chene gets ripped to pieces and the roseau is all fine. Dont be overconfident in yourself but instead be humble
what happend and whats the moral of ‘‘La Grenouille qui veut se faire aussi gross que le boeuf’’?
A grenouille wants to be as big as the boeuf and starts inflating itself, but it overinflates and pops. Dont chase impossible things and be yourself instead of being someone else.
what happend and whats the moral of ‘‘Le rat qui s’est retiré du monde’’?
A rat isolates himself in a roll of cheese to avoid the troubles in the world and becomes satisfied and fat in this new life. Ratopolis gets attacked and mice ask for a small donation but he doesn’t help saying that he’s 100% isolated: Dont neglect society and be self-serving, help others in need
what happend and whats the moral of “la mort et le bucheron?’’
A bucheron pleads for la mort to come because his life is difficult, but when la mort comes he is terrified and asks it to help him with his work. Its better to suffer than to die
what happend and whats the moral of “La cour du lion”?
The lion invited a renard, a singe and a ours to his castle. An foul odor was coming from it and the ours being honest said it is disgusting. The lion kills him. Next the singe tries flattery saying the odor is so mezmorizing. He also gets killed. Next, the fox seeing this, says that he has a cold so he cant detect the odor. In some situations try not to agree nor disagree.
Who was being critisized in “La cigale et la fourmi”?
Artists or actors who tried to become succesful while never planning for the future
Who was being critisized in “La poule aux oeufs d’or”?
Les gens qui veulent devenir riche vite
Who was being critisized in “Le loup et la cigogne”?
Les nobles
who was being critisized in “Le corbeau et le renard”?
People who use flattery to get ahead
who was being critisized in “Le loup et l’agneau”?
Les personnes avec la pouvoir
who was being critisized in “Le lievre et la tortue”?
People who are overconfident
who was being critisized in “Le renard et la cigogne”?
Les nobles
who was being critisized in “Le Rat de ville et le rat des champs”?
le ministre des finances
who was being critisized in “Le Chène et le roseau”?
Higher classes who were picking on the poor/unwealthy
who was being critisized in “La Grenouille qui veut se faire aussi gross que le boeuf’’?
who was being critisized in “Le rat qui s’est retiré du monde’’?
The churches
who was being critisized in “la mort et le bucheron?’’
who was being critisized in “La cour du lion”?
The king
Who is Jean de la Fontaine, what did he do?
Born in 1621, chateau-Thierry, and died in 1695. Jean de la fontaine was a french fabulist who used his fables to critisize the french people, especially the king.
What is a fable?
A fable is a short story that uses animals as humans to explain a morale and to distract
What are the general characteristics of the “renard”?
Ruse, intelligent, manipulatif, deceptif
what are the general characteristics of the “rat”?
Avide, cooperatif, petit et faible.
what are the general characteristics of the “cigogne”?
Patient, calme, impulsive
what are the general characteristics of the “lion”?
Tyrannique, majestique, fort,
what are the general characteristics of the “Grenouille”?
Impulsif, ambitieux, mécontement
what are the general characteristics of the “lievre”?
trop confiant, fier, arrogant
what are the general characteristics of the “tortue”?
Patient, sans hâte, sage, prudent
what are the general characteristics of the “corbeau”?
Naive, crédule, idiot, ignorant.
what are the general characteristics of the “cigale”?
Imprudent, parraseux,
what are the general characteristics of the “fourmi”?
Laborieux, autonome, responsable
what are the general characteristics of the “agneau”?
Innocent, faible,
what are the general characteristics of the “chene + le roseau”?
Le chene est Fierre, trop confiant, puissant Et le roseau est flexible, humble, intelligent
Why did Jean de la Fontaine use animals instead of people?
so that he can critisize people without getting executed by the lous 14 & the animals have defined characteristques
what are the general characteristics of the “tyler”?
green, is currently pulling 7 romans
what are the general characteristics of the “horse”?
horse
What are the general characteristics of the “singe”?
Flatteur, menteur, obsequieux, lourdad
what are the general characteristics of the “ours”?
Honnet, maladroit, fort, pataud
What are the different types of rhymes?
Les rhymes mauvaise, 0 letres, Les rhymes pauvre, 1 letre, Les rhymes sufficient, 2 letres, les rhyme riche, 3 letre ou plus
How do you analyse a fable?
Understand the context, figure out the moral (explicite or inexplicite), this needs more stuff please help.
Which two writers did jean de la fontaine take inspiration from
greek writer (Ésope) and roman writer (Phèdre)
What is a rime plat (whats the format)
AABB
What is a rime embrasse( whats the format)
ABBA
What is a rime croisee (whats the format)
ABAB
Whats the difference between cigale and cigogne
cigale is a grass hoppler looking guy, cigogne is a stork (bird)
the seagull is for me???
no its for ME
