What central idea is implied in this paragraph?

what do you mean

explanation:

now im going to write the whole thing of ru bc i feel like u should lern it on ur own but i would choose allan poe bc allan poe was the main character and the author gives more supporting details on the character.

answer :

the idiom "pride goes before a fall" means that being too proud causes one to make mistakes that eventually lead to failure or downfall.

in the stranger's story in the "the storyteller," bertha had won three medals for obedience, punctuality and good manners. she was really proud of her medals and pinned them to her dress and wore them everywhere she went so that everyone would know how good she was. in the end, these symbols of her excessive pride cost her her life. when she was hiding from the wolf in the bushes, it was the clinking of her medals that alerted his attention towards her presence and lead to her death.