How does the fisherman's motivation move the plot forward?
The fisherman was very unhappy. "What an unlucky man
I am to have freed you! I implore you to spare my life."
"I have told you," said the genius, "that it is impossible.
Choose quickly; you are wasting time."
The fisherman began to devise a plot.
"Since I must die," he said, "before I choose the manner
of my death, I conjure you on your honour to tell me if
you really were in that vase?"
"Yes, I was," answered the genius.
"I really cannot believe it," said the fisherman. "That vase
could not contain one of your feet even, and how could
your whole body go in? I cannot believe it unless I see you
do the thing."
- The Story of the Fisherman,"
Andrew Lang
O The fisherman's determination to outwit the genius
results in the climax
O The fisherman fears dying slowly and asks a
question that results in rising action,
The fisherman makes a poorly worded demand,
which results in exposition
The fisherman's anger at the situation leads him to
be fearless, causing the climax
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