Metaphors all the way down

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* see also EC coordination action: PROSECCO: PROmoting the Scientific Exploration of Computational Creativity

Aesop’s characters are blends

of man and animal

Aesop’s tales use animals to

teach very human lessons

Darth Vader

Categories: Fictional Villain, Fictional Father

Specific Domain: Star Wars, the Dark Side

General Domain: science fiction

Neg Qualities: evil, violent, unfeeling, malevolent, raspy, ruthless

Pos Qualities: skillful, graceful, balletic, cunning, tall, strong, spiritual

Gender: male

Weapons: Light sabre, Jedi mind tricks

Bane

Categories: Fictional Villain, Fictional Terrorist

Specific Domain: DC Comics, Gotham

General Domain: comics

Neg Qualities: raspy, unintelligible, evil, malevolent, bitter,

twisted, ruthless, drug-dependent

Pos Qualities: muscular well-built strong, action-oriented athletic cunning

Gender: male

Typical Activities: creating chaos, fostering anarchy

Quickly now, Mr. ‘Bot, what are the fields of your

NOC list?

Damn you, Evil! The fields are: name, gender, politics, marital

status, specialism, address, vehicle, weapon, rivals,

clothing, domain, genre, category, positive qualities

and negative qualities!

Hamlet II: The Fresh Prince of Denmark

Dir: Ken Branagh