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The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. All rights reserved. The makers of the new clothes which supposedly becomes invisible to those unworthy (incapable of appreciating it) are perpetrating a fraud against genuine artistic achievement. The tale tells the story of two swindlers pulling a fraud on an exhibitionistic emperor, who is obsessed with clothing and fashion by telling him and his court, that they will tailor an outfit that can only be seen by the wise. Pride is so often misplaced and actually disadvantages those who suffer from an excess of it. "The Emperor's New Clothes" is in this latter category. Some of these insights into human behaviour will be analysed in the next section. The contents of Exploring Your Mind are for informational and educational purposes only. Shakespeare himself said, in Hamlet, that "brevity is the soul of wit.". The Emperor cringes, but continues with the procession, because to turn back now would be to admit his own gullibility. Greensleeves Hubs (author) from Essex, UK on December 19, 2019: Alexa; Many thanks for your very nice comment, and so glad if it made you think about the story :) Appreciated, Alun. Its application for today's time is this: Those who have managed themselves to become the persons of authority either by diploma or title or by honest means, such as experience and achievements, may and can do great damage if they abuse their authority, abuse the trust of the people, and tell something that is a lie. The clothes must be befitting of his supreme status. The Emperors New Clothes continues to enjoy popularity as a fairy tale for children, and as an idiom and an allegory for political and cultural situations and positions (it has been used to describe the perceived emptiness of much modern literary and cultural theory, for instance). Summary In summary, 'The Emperor's New Clothes' tells, of course, of an emperor who cares about nothing except his clothes, and spends all his time in his dressing-room. He could have trusted his own eyes, weighed the 'fabric' to see it weighed nothing, or used his sense of feel to tell he felt nothing.