Courage

Roles: the brave, the cowardly, threat, danger, resolve, fear, action-despite-fear, steadfastness

The willingness to act in the face of danger, pain, or uncertainty. As a target domain, courage is overwhelmingly structured through physical source frames — strength, uprightness, solidity, size. The brave stand firm, stand tall, and hold their ground; the cowardly are weak, small, and crumble. This tight coupling between moral and physical vocabulary reflects the embodied origins of the concept: courage was first a bodily virtue before it became a moral one.

Applied To This Frame (1)

• physical-strength → Courage Is Strength