History Creator / JeanDeLaFontaine

* AnAesop: Obviously. Sometimes the aesop is delivered by one of the characters, such as the fox in "The Fox and The Raven" (after the fox tricks the raven into dropping a stolen cheese):
--> 'The flatterer, my good sir,\\
Does live upon his listener;\\
Which lesson, if you please,\\
Is doubtless worth the cheese.'\\
A bit too late, Sir Raven swore\\
The rogue should never cheat him more.

Jean de la Fontaine (8 July 1621 – 13 April 1695) was a 17th century French poet and fabulist.

He is best known for his adaptation into French of many {{Fable}}s (from {{Creator/Aesop}} and others), many of which have become [[MediaNotes/SchoolStudyMedia required reading]] in the French school system.

He is best known for his adaptation into French of many {{Fable}}s (from {{Creator/Aesop}} and others), many of which have become [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia required reading]] in the French school system.

He is best known for his adaptation into French of many fables (from {{Creator/Aesop}} and others), many of which have become [[UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia required reading]] in the French school system.

* MomentKiller: In "The Peasant Who Lost His Calf", a peasant looking for a runaway climbs a tree to get a better view. He sees a young couple getting frisky below, the man exclaiming aloud at the wonderful things he sees under his lover's dress... and then the peasant calls to him to ask if his calf is among those things.

* SecurityCling: In "The Husband, the Wife and the Robber", a wife never shows her husband any affection. But when a robber breaks into their bedroom at night, she leaps into her husband's arms in terror. The overjoyed husband tells the thief to take everything he wants for bringing him such happiness, the robber is all too happy to comply (the wife's reaction is not given).

He is best known for his adaptation into French of many fables (from {{Creator/Aesop}} and others), many of which have become [[SchoolStudyMedia required reading]] in the French school system.

He is best known for his adaptation into French of many fables (from {{Creator/Aesop}} and others), many of which have become required reading in the French school system.

* SecurityCling: In "The Husband, the Wife and the Robber", a wife never shows her husband any affection. But when a robber breaks into their bedroom at night, she leaps into her husband's arms in terror. The overjoyed husband tells the thief to take everything he wants for bringing him such happiness, the robber is all too happy to comply (the wife's reaction is not given).

Jean de la Fontaine (8 July 1621 – 13 April 1695) was a French poet and fabulist, best known for his adaptation into French of many fables (from {{Creator/Aesop}} and others), many of which have become required reading in the French school system.

!! Tropes present in La Fontaine's works:

Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695) was a French poet and fabulist, best known for his adaptation into French of many fables (from {{Creator/Aesop}} and others), many of which have become required reading in the French school system.

* CunningLikeAFox: The fox is the deafult {{trickster}} animal in the ''Fables'', sometimes as the hero and sometimes as the villain.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: One fable concerns a brahmin seeking the most powerful husband for his daughter (formerly a mouse turned into a human). He starts by asking the sun, who explains that clouds can obscure him, the cloud is pushed away by the wind, the wind is blocked by the mountain, and the mountain can be tunneled through by a rat. Guess which one the girl chooses.

* HeAlsoDid: People who only know la Fontaine's fables are quite surprised to learn he wrote a number of licentious poems.