Comparing Aesop's The Fox And The Grapes

The style and image used by Aesop in his fables “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse” and “The Fox and the Grapes” exposes some particular characteristics. First, Aesop’s fable use different animals with similar characteristics. In addition, the use of the images of animals gives the fables the ability to reveal the weakness of the human behavior in the kindness ways. Finally, the good selection of the image allows to associate the characteristics of the images to the moral lesson of the fable.
In The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse fable and in The Fox and the Grapes fable, Aesop uses two different animals which show comparable characteristics. The most remarkable characteristic is the lack of courage to affront a danger. In The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse fable, after the country mouse had heard how his friend lives in the town, with all the comfort of the town, the country mouse wished to get the opportunity to enjoy the luxury life described by his friend. His ardent desire, led him to ask his friend to go with him in the town. However, in the town, after admiring the delicious food, he tried to eat, but it was not possible because there were cat, servant and dog house which did not allow him. Unable to overcome these dangers, the country mouse expressed his
The natural characteristics of images of animals used by Aesop suited to the lesson the author want to give to the people. For instance, in “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse” and “The Fox and the Grapes” fables, Aesop selected animals whose characteristics are mostly similar to the behavior which he would like to denounce in the society. For instance, the fox is a malignant animal, it supposed to be able to estimate his capacity of doing something. So it should know that the grapes were so far and that it was unable to jump to catch them. But his envy, lead him to ignore the limit of his capacity and tried to