The work includes owls that may be symbols of folly and bats symbolizing ignorance. Aguinaldo saw the folly and futility of a direct attack. Athenians would identify the folly of tyranny. This was their reaction to the folly of mankind. To persevere in folly is no virtue. In 1939 we learned the folly of appeasement. Whether it was kidnapping or her own folly, Phoolan had immediate cause for regret. Its vice will govern it, by practising upon its folly. Tom is portrayed as the embodiment of human folly. Sunanda and Rajasekhar realise their folly and reconcile with Gautham. On first release, Arthur Penn's 1976 Western found itself derided as an addled, self-indulgent folly. He is a patron of the Folly Wildlife Rescue Trust. He goes on to criticise the building as a "sham" and a "folly". Nandhini and Prakash realise their folly and reconcile with Aadhi. Puzzle, realising his folly, joins them.