The Golden Ass: Book 4 story
A young woman is held captive by a band of robbers.
7 total · 1 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| band of outlaws | major | A band of robbers hatched an elaborate plot to burgle Demochares' manor that involved a man sewn up in a bear's skins. Alcimus broke into an old woman's house. |
| contemplating suicide | minor | Lucius the ass thought to put himself out of his misery first by swallowing some poisonous red flowers and later by provoking the bandits to kill him. |
| coping with the death of a lover | minor | The kidnapped girl Charite spoke of how her cousin cum fiancée had been slain. |
| human vs. beast | minor | Thrasyleon was torn apart by vicious dogs. |
| prisoners being exploited for entertainment | minor | The gladiators who were slated to compete in Demochares' gladiatorial show included "desperate criminals with nothing to lose". |
| ransom kidnapping | minor | The robbers kidnapped a young woman of high birth and plotted to random her. |
| what if I fell into the clutches of a person with malicious intent | minor | The kidnapped girl Charite contemplated her fate in the hands of the robbers. |