Plot Organization ideas

1. Plot Organization ideas

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   http://rpglibrary.blackgate.net/articles/storytelling/36plots.html
   
   The Basic Plots
   
   Each short plot description starts with the title of the plot pattern. After a hyphen the main characters to be found in the plot are given, separated by commas.
   Supplication - Persecutor, Suppliant, a Power in Authority
   Deliverance - Unfortunates, Threatener, Rescuer
   Revenge - Avenger, Criminal
   Vengeance by Family upon Family - Avenging Kinsman, Guilty Kinsman, Relative
   Pursuit - Fugitive from Punishment, Pursuer
   Victim of Cruelty or Misfortune - Unfortunates, Master or Unlucky Person
   Disaster - Vanquished Power, Victorious Power or Messenger
   Revolt - Tyrant, Conspirator(s)
   Daring Enterprise - Bold Leader, Goal, Adversary
   Abduction - Abductor, Abducted, Guardian
   Enigma - Interrogator, Seeker, Problem
   Obtaining - Two or more Opposing Parties, Object, maybe an Arbitrator
   Familial Hatred - Two Family Members who hate each other
   Familial Rivalry - Preferred Kinsman, Rejected Kinsman, Object
   Murderous Adultery - Two Adulterers, the Betrayed
   Madness - Madman, Victim
   Fatal Imprudence - Imprudent person, Victim or lost object
   Involuntary Crimes of Love - Lover, Beloved, Revealer
   Kinsman Kills Unrecognised Kinsman - Killer, Unrecognised Victim, Revealer
   Self Sacrifice for an Ideal - Hero, Ideal, Person or Thing Sacrificed
   Self Sacrifice for Kindred - Hero, Kinsman, Person or Thing Sacrificed
   All Sacrificed for Passion - Lover, Object of Passion, Person or Thing Sacrificed
   Sacrifice of Loved Ones - Hero, Beloved Victim, Need for Sacrifice
   Rivalry Between Superior and Inferior - Superior, Inferior, Object
   Adultery - Deceived Spouse, Two Adulterers
   Crimes of Love - Lover, Beloved, theme of Dissolution
   Discovery of Dishonor of a Loved One - Discoverer, Guilty One
   Obstacles to Love - Two Lovers, Obstacle
   An Enemy Loved - Beloved Enemy, Lover, Hater
   Ambition - An Ambitious Person, Coveted Thing, Adversary
   Conflict with a God - Mortal, Immortal
   Mistaken Jealousy - Jealous One, Object of Jealousy, Supposed Accomplice, Author of Mistake
   Faulty Judgment - Mistaken One, Victim of Mistake, Author of Mistake, Guilty Person
   Remorse - Culprit, Victim, Interrogator
   Recovery of a Lost One - Seeker, One Found
   Loss of Loved Ones - Kinsman Slain, Kinsman Witness, Executioner
   
   We could probably trim these down a little bit.
   
   Here is a breakdown of a few different lists
   
   http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/plotFARQ.html
   
   The "Basic" Plots in Literature
   
   Example Questions That Can Be Answered Using This FARQ
   
   I've heard there are only 7 (or 5, 20, 36, 37...) basic plots (or themes) in all of literature. What are they?
   
   People often say that there are only a certain number of basic plots in all of literature, and that any story is really just a variation on these plots. Depending on how detailed they want to make a "basic" plot, different writers have offered a variety of solutions. Here are some of the ones we've found:
   
   1 Plot | 3 Plots | 7 Plots | 20 Plots | 36 (or 37) Plots
   
   1 Plot:
   Attempts to find the number of basic plots in literature cannot be resolved any more tightly than to describe a single basic plot. Foster-Harris claims that all plots stem from conflict. He describes this in terms of what the main character feels: "I have an inner conflict of emotions, feelings.... What, in any case, can I do to resolve the inner problems?" (p. 30-31) This is in accord with the canonical view that the basic elements of plot revolve around a problem dealt with in sequence: "Exposition - Rising Action - Climax - Falling Action - Denouement". (Such description of plot can be found in many places, including: Holman, C. Hugh and William Harmon. A Handbook to Literature. 6th ed. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co, 1992.) Foster-Harris' main argument is for 3 Plots (which are contained within this one), described below.
   
   3 Plots:
   Foster-Harris. The Basic Patterns of Plot. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1959. Foster-Harris contends that there are three basic patterns of plot (p. 66):
   "'Type A, happy ending'"; Foster-Harris argues that the "Type A" pattern results when the central character (which he calls the "I-nitial" character) makes a sacrifice (a decision that seems logically "wrong") for the sake of another.
   "'Type B, unhappy ending'"; this pattern follows when the "I-nitial" character does what seems logically "right" and thus fails to make the needed sacrifice.
   "'Type C,' the literary plot, in which, no matter whether we start from the happy or the unhappy fork, proceeding backwards we arrive inevitably at the question, where we stop to wail." This pattern requires more explanation (Foster-Harris devotes a chapter to the literary plot.) In short, the "literary plot" is one that does not hinge upon decision, but fate; in it, the critical event takes place at the beginning of the story rather than the end. What follows from that event is inevitable, often tragedy. (This in fact coincides with the classical Greek notion of tragedy, which is that such events are fated and inexorable.)
   
   7 Plots
   7 basic plots as remembered from second grade by IPL volunteer librarian Jessamyn West:
   man vs. nature
   man vs. man
   man vs. the environment
   man vs. machines/technology
   man vs. the supernatural
   man vs. self
   man vs. god/religion
   
   20 Plots:
   Tobias, Ronald B. 20 Master Plots. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 1993. (ISBN 0-89879-595-8)
   This book proposes twenty basic plots:
   Quest
   Adventure
   Pursuit
   Rescue
   Escape
   Revenge
   The Riddle
   Rivalry
   Underdog
   Temptation
   Metamorphosis
   Transformation
   Maturation
   Love
   Forbidden Love
   Sacrifice
   Discovery
   Wretched Excess
   Ascension
   Descension.
   
   36 (or 37) Plots
   Polti, Georges. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations. trans. Lucille Ray.
   
   Polti claims to be trying to reconstruct the 36 plots that Goethe alleges someone named Gozzi came up with. In the following list, the words in parentheses are our annotations to try to explain some of the less helpful titles): More complete details of this schema can be found in the Stumpers-L archive at: gopher://gopher.cuis.edu:70/0R2300474-2326630-gopher_root%3A%5Bsearchidx%5Dstumpers-l_1999-02.txt
   Supplication (in which the Supplicant must beg something from Power in authority)
   Deliverance
   Crime Pursued by Vengeance
   Vengeance taken for kindred upon kindred
   Pursuit
   Disaster
   Falling Prey to Cruelty of Misfortune
   Revolt
   Daring Enterprise
   Abduction
   The Enigma (temptation or a riddle)
   Obtaining
   Enmity of Kinsmen
   Rivalry of Kinsmen
   Murderous Adultery
   Madness
   Fatal Imprudence
   Involuntary Crimes of Love (example: discovery that one has married one's mother, sister, etc.)
   Slaying of a Kinsman Unrecognized
   Self-Sacrificing for an Ideal
   Self-Sacrifice for Kindred
   All Sacrificed for Passion
   Necessity of Sacrificing Loved Ones
   Rivalry of Superior and Inferior
   Adultery
   Crimes of Love
   Discovery of the Dishonor of a Loved One
   Obstacles to Love
   An Enemy Loved
   Ambition
   Conflict with a God
   Mistaken Jealousy
   Erroneous Judgement
   Remorse
   Recovery of a Lost One
   Loss of Loved Ones.
   [Optional, see below]: Mistaken Identity
   
   Note on #37: This 37th situation is not listed in Polti's book, but appears in the (uncited) detailed listing in the Stumpers archive. The person who posted the Stumpers contribution did not have a citation for it; someone must have added it to Polti's list somewhere along the way.
   
   AND there is always the Big List of RPG Plots
   http://www.io.com/~sjohn/plots.htm
   
   And the Net Book of Plots is divided as so...
   http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/alex/Handbooks/WWWPlots/
   
   Type
   
   There can be an arbitrary number of types for a plot.
   Affliction
   Something nasty happen to players for dose of trots to unfair imprisonment. This would cover capture and escape too.
   Campaign
   Complete campaign or campaign ideas.
   Comedy
   Always good for a laugh.
   Exploration
   The PCs explore an area without a special reason. Go boldly where no man has gone before (or at least returned coherant from...).
   Guarding
   The essence of the plot is protecting something or someone.
   Intrigue
   Vendettas, politics, nasty tricks, take-overs and such like.
   Investigation
   There is mystery to be solved. (unknown killer, a puzzle etc). The flavour of the mission will be finding clues and piecing them together (for the most part).
   Magic
   Extensive or unusual magic is used in the plot. The plot revolves heavily around magic.
   Quest
   Have to find,pursue,achieve something. Treasure, a monster, the missing princess, destroying the giant. Differs from investigation in that sense of mystery is missing. Finding why the princess is missing is investigation, actually finding her is a Quest.
   Startup
   Good for a start or between regular (bigger) adventures.

2. Plot Organization ideas

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   http://www.wordplayer.com/archives/poltisitu.txt

3. Plot Organization ideas

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   What is the main driver of the plot. What central theme do all the other effects stem from?
   
   Just spent a little bit of time on it and used mostly default language. Needs some better defining catagory labels but getting somewhere I think.
   
   Starting with the 36 dramatic situations and peeled them down to less catagories as just a place to start.
   
   Death
   (A Kinsman Slain; a Kinsman Spectator; an Executioner)
   A. (1) Witnessing the Slaying of Kinsmen While Powerless to Prevent It
   (2) Helping to Bring Misfortune Upon One's People Through Professional Secrecy
   B. (1) Divining the Death of a Loved One
   C. (1) Learning of the Death of a Kinsman or Ally, and Lapsing into Despair
   (Elements: Two Adulterers; a Betrayed Husband or Wife)
   A. (1) The Slaying of a Husband by, or for, a Paramour
   (2) The Slaying of a Trusting Lover
   B. (1) Slaying of a Wife for a Paramour, and in Self-Interest
   (Elements: the Slayer, the Unrecognized Victim)
   A. (1) Being Upon the Point of Slaying a Daughter Unknowingly, by Command of a Divinity or an Oracle
   (2) Through Political Necessity
   (3) Through a Rivalry in Love
   (4) Through Hatred of the Lover of the Unrecognized Daughter
   B. (1) Being Upon the Point of Killing a Son Unknowingly
   (2) The Same Case, Strengthened by Machiavellian Instigations
   C. (1) Being Upon the Point of Slaying a Brother Unknowingly
   D. (1) Slaying of a Mother Unrecognized
   E. (1) A Father Slain Unknowingly, Through Machiavellian Advice
   F. (1) A Grandfather Slain Unknowingly, in Vengeance and Through Instigation
   G. (1) Involuntary Killing of a Loved Woman
   (2) Being Upon the Point of Killing a Lover Unrecognized
   (3) Failure to Rescue an Unrecognized Son
   
   Revenge
   (Elements: an Avenger and a Criminal)
   A. (1) The Avenging of a Slain Parent or Ancestor
   (2) The Avenging of a Slain Child or Descendant
   (3) Vengeance for a Child Dishonored
   (4) The Avenging of a Slain Wife or Husband
   (5) Vengeance for the Dishonor, or Attempted Dishonoring, of a Wife
   (6) Vengeance for a Mistress Slain
   (7) Vengeance for a Slain or Injured Friend
   (8) Vengeance for a Sister Seduced
   B. (1) Vengeance for Intentional Injury or Spoliation
   (2) Vengeance for Having Been Despoiled During Absence
   (3) Revenge for an Attempted Slaying
   (4) Revenge for a False Accusation
   (5) Vengeance for Violation
   (6) Vengeance for Having Been Robbed of One's Own
   (7) Revenge Upon a Whole Sex for a Deception by One
   C. (1) Professional Pursuit of Criminals
   (Elements: Avenging Kinsman; Guilty Kinsman; Remembrance of the Victim, a Relative of Both)
   A. (1) A Father's Death Avenged Upon a Mother
   (2) A Mother's Death Avenged Upon a Father
   B. (1) A Brother's Death Avenged Upon a Son
   C. (1) A Father's Death Avenged Upon a Husband
   D. (1) A Husband's Death Avenged Upon a Father
   
   Pursuit
   (Elements: Punishment and Fugitive)
   A. (1) Fugitives from Justice Pursued for Brigandage, Political Offenses, Etc.
   B. (1) Pursued for a Fault of Love
   C. (1) A Hero Struggling Against a Power
   D. (1) A Pseudo-Madman Struggling Against an Iago-Like Alienist
   (Elements: Interrogator, Seeker and Problem)
   A. (1) Search for a Person Who Must Be Found on Pain of Death
   B. (1) A Riddle To Be Solved on Pain of Death
   (2) The Same Case, in Which the Riddle is Proposed by the Coveted Woman
   C. (1) Temptations Offered With the Object of Discovering His Name
   (2) Temptations Offered With the Object of Ascertaining the Sex
   (3) Tests for the Purpose of Ascertaining the Mental Condition
   (Elements: a Solicitor and an Adversary Who is Refusing, or an Arbitrator and Opposing Parties)
   A. (1) Efforts to Obtain an Object by Ruse or Force
   B. (1) Endeavor by Means of Persuasive Eloquence Alone
   C. (1) Eloquence With an Arbitrator
   
   Victim
   (Elements: an Unfortunate; a Master or a Misfortune)
   A. (1) The Innocent Made the Victim of Ambitious Intrigue
   B. (1) The Innocent Despoiled by Those Who Should Protect
   C. (1) The Powerful Dispossessed and Wretched
   (2) A Favorite or an Intimate Finds Himself Forgotten
   D. (1) The Unfortunate Robbed of Their Only Hope
   (Elements: Madman and Victim)
   A. (1) Kinsmen Slain in Madness
   (2) Lover Slain in Madness
   (3) Slaying or Injuring of a Person not Hated
   B. (1) Disgrace Brought Upon Oneself Through Madness
   C. (1) Loss of Loved Ones Brought About by Madness
   D. (1) Madness Brought on by Fear of Hereditary Insanity
   (Elements: the Hero; the Beloved Victim; the Necessity for the Sacrifice)
   A. (1) Necessity for Sacrificing a Daughter in the Public Interest
   (2) Duty of Sacrificing Her in Fulfillment of a Vow to God
   (3) Duty of Sacrificing Benefactors or Loved Ones to One's Faith
   B. (1) Duty of Sacrificing One's Child, Unknown to Others, Under the Pressure of Necessity
   (2) Duty of Sacrificing, Under the Same Circumstances, One's Father or Husband
   (3) Duty of Sacrificing a Son-in-law for the Public Good
   (4) Duty of Contending with a Brother-in-Law for the Public Good
   (5) Duty of Contending with a Friend
   (Elements: The Mistaken One; the Victim of the Mistake; the Cause or Author of the Mistake; the Guilty Person)
   A. (1) False Suspicion Where Faith is Necessary
   (2) False Suspicion of a Mistress
   (3) False Suspicion Aroused by a Misunderstood Attitude of a Loved One
   B. (1) False Suspicions Drawn Upon Oneself to Save a Friend
   (2) They Fall Upon the Innocent
   (3) The Same Case as 2, but in Which the Innocent had a Guilty Intention, or Believes Himself Guilty
   (4) A Witness to the Crime, in the Interest of a Loved One, Lets Accusation Fall Upon the Innocent
   C. (1) The Accusation is Allowed to Fall Upon an Enemy
   (2) The Error is Provoked by an Enemy
   D. (1) False Suspicion Thrown by the Real Culprit Upon One of His Enemies
   (2) Thrown by the Real Culprit Upon the Second Victim Against Whom He Has Plotted From the Beginning
   (Elements: the Culprit; the Victim or the Sin; the Interrogator)
   A. (1) Remorse for an Unknown Crime
   (2) Remorse for a Parricide
   (3) Remorse for an Assassination
   B. (1) Remorse for a Fault of Love
   (2) Remorse for an Adultery
   
   Love
   (Elements: Two Lovers, an Obstacle)
   A. (1) Marriage Prevented by Inequality of Rank
   (2) Inequality of Fortune an Impediment to Marriage
   B. (1) Marriage Prevented by Enemies and Contingent Obstacles
   C. (1) Marriage Forbidden on Account of the Young Woman's Previous Betrothal to Another
   D. (1) A Free Union Impeded by the Opposition of Relatives
   E. (1) By the Incompatibility of Temper of the Lovers
   (Elements: The Beloved Enemy; the Lover; the Hater)
   A. (1) The Loved One Hated by Kinsmen of the Lover
   (2) The Lover Pursued by the Brothers of His Beloved
   (3) The Lover Hated by the Family of His Beloved
   (4) The Beloved is an Enemy of the Party of the Woman Who Loves Him
   B. (1) The Beloved is the Slayer of a Kinsman of the Woman Who Loves Him
   (Elements: The Lover, the Beloved)
   A. (1) A Mother in Love with Her Son
   (2) A Daughter in Love with her Father
   (3) Violation of a Daughter by a Father
   B. (1) A Woman Enamored of Her Stepson
   (2) A Woman and Her Stepson Enamored of Each Other
   (3) A Woman Being the Mistress, at the Same Time, of a Father and Son, Both of Whom Accept the Situation
   C. (1) A Man Becomes the Lover of his Sister-in-Law
   (2) A Brother and Sister in Love with Each Other
   D. (1) A Man Enamored of Another Man, Who Yields
   E. (1) A Woman Enamored of a Beast
   (Elements: the Lover, the Beloved; the Revealer)
   A. (1) Discovery that One Has Married One's Mother
   (2) Discovery that One Has Had a Sister as Mistress
   B. (1) Discovery that One Has Married One's Sister
   (2) The Same Case, in Which the Crime Has Been Villainously Planned by a Third Person
   (3) Being Upon the Point of Taking a Sister, Unknowingly, as Mistress
   C. (1) Being Upon the Point of Violating, Unknowingly, a Daughter
   D. (1) Being Upon the Point of Committing an Adultery Unknowingly
   (2) Adultery Committed Unknowingly
   (Elements: the Discoverer; the Guilty One)
   A. (1) Discovery of a Mother's Shame
   (2) Discovery of a Father's Shame
   (3) Discovery of a Daughter's Dishonor
   B. (1) Discovery of Dishonor in the Family of One's Fiancée
   (2) Discovery than One's Wife Has Been Violated Before Marriage, Or Since the Marriage
   (3) That She Has Previously Committed a Fault
   (4) Discovery that One's Wife Has Formerly Been a Prostitute
   (5) Discovery that One's Mistress, Formerly a Prostitute, Has Returned to Her Old Life
   (6) Discovery that One's Lover is a Scoundrel, or that One's Mistress is a Woman of Bad Character
   (7) The Same Discovery Concerning One's Wife
   C. (1) Duty of Punishing a Son Who is a Traitor to Country
   (2) Duty of Punishing a Son Condemned Under a Law Which the Father Has Made
   (3) Duty of Punishing One's Mother to Avenge One's Father
   (Elements: a Deceived Husband or Wife; Two Adulterers)
   A. (1) A Mistress Betrayed, For a Young Woman
   (2) For a Young Wife
   B. (1) A Wife Betrayed, For a Slave Who Does Not Love in Return
   (2) For Debauchery
   (3) For a Married Woman
   (4) With the Intention of Bigamy
   (5) For a Young Girl, who Does Not Love in Return
   (6) A Wife Envied by a Young Girl Who is in Love With Her Husband
   (7) By a Courtesan
   C. (1) An Antagonistic Husband Sacrificed for a Congenial Lover
   (2) A Husband, Believed to be Lost, Forgotten for a Rival
   (3) A Commonplace Husband Sacrificed for a Sympathetic Lover
   (4) A Good Husband Betrayed for an Inferior Rival
   (5) For a Grotesque Rival
   (6) For a Commonplace Rival, By a Perverse Wife
   (7) For a Rival Less Handsome, But Useful
   D. (1) Vengeance of a Deceived Husband
   (2) Jealousy Sacrificed for the Sake of a Cause
   (3) Husband Persecuted by a Rejected Rival
   (Elements: the Jealous One; the Object of Whose Possession He is Jealous; the Supposed Accomplice; the Cause or the Author of the
   Mistake)
   A. (1) The Mistake Originates in the Suspicious Mind of the Jealous One
   (2) Mistaken Jealousy Aroused by Fatal Chance
   (3) Mistaken Jealousy of a Love Which is Purely Platonic
   (4) Baseless Jealousy Aroused by Malicious Rumors
   B. (1) Jealousy Suggested by a Traitor Who is Moved by Hatred, or Self-Interest
   C. (1) Reciprocal Jealousy Suggested to Husband and Wife by a Rival
   
   Sacrifice
   (Elements: the Hero; the Ideal; the 'Creditor' or the Person or Thing Sacrificed)
   A. (1) Sacrifice of Life for the Sake of One's Word
   (2) Life Sacrifice for the Success of One's People
   (3) Life Sacrificed in Filial Piety
   (4) Life Sacrificed for the Sake of One's Faith
   B. (1) Both Love and Life Sacrificed for One's Faith, or a Cause
   (2) Love Sacrificed to the Interests of State
   C. (1) Sacrifice of Well-Being to Duty
   D. (1) The Ideal of 'Honor' Sacrificed to the Ideal of 'Faith'
   (Elements: the Hero; the Kinsman; the 'Creditor' or the Person or Thing Sacrificed)
   A. (1) Life Sacrificed for that of a Relative or a Loved One
   (2) Life Sacrificed for the Happiness of a Relative or a Loved One
   B. (1) Ambition Sacrificed for the Happiness of a Parent
   (2) Ambition Sacrificed for the Life of a Parent
   C. (1) Love Sacrificed for the Sake of a Parent's Life
   (2) For the Happiness of One's Child
   (3) The Same Sacrifice as 2, But Caused by Unjust Laws
   D. (1) Life and Honor Sacrificed for the Life of a Parent or Loved One
   (2) Modesty Sacrificed for the Life of a Relative or a Loved One
   (Elements: the Lover, the Object of the Fatal Passion; the Person or Thing Sacrificed)
   A. (1) Religious Vows of Chastity Broken for a Passion
   (2) Respect for a Priest Destroyed
   (3) A Future Ruined by Passion
   (4) Power Ruined by Passion
   (5) Ruin of Mind, Health, and Life
   (6) Ruin of Fortunes, Lives, and Honors
   B. (1) Temptations Destroying the Sense of Duty, of Piety, etc.
   C. (1) Destruction of Honor, Fortune, and Life by Erotic Vice
   (2) The Same Effect Produced by Any Other Vice
   
   Rivalry
   (Elements: the Superior Rival; the Inferior Rival; the Object)
   A. (1) Masculine Rivalries; of a Mortal and an Immortal
   (2) Of a Magician and an Ordinary Man
   (3) Of Conqueror and Conquered
   (4) Of a King and a Noble
   (5) Of a Powerful Person and an Upstart
   (6) Of Rich and Poor
   (7) Of an Honored Man and a Suspected One
   (8) Rivalry of Two Who are Almost Equal
   (9) Of the Two Successive Husbands of a Divorcee
   B. (1) Feminine Rivalries; Of a Sorceress and an Ordinary Woman
   (2) Of Victor and Prisoner
   (3) Of Queen and Subject
   (4) Of Lady and Servant
   (5) Rivalry Between Memory or an Ideal (That of a Superior Woman) and a Vassal of Her Own
   C. (1) Double Rivalry (A loves B, who loves C, who loves D)
   (Elements: the Preferred Kinsman; the Rejected Kinsman; the Object)
   A. (1) Malicious Rivalry of a Brother
   (2) Malicious Rivalry of Two Brothers
   (3) Rivalry of Two Brothers, With Adultery on the Part of One
   (4) Rivalry of Sisters
   B. (1) Rivalry of Father and Son, for an Unmarried Woman
   (2) Rivalry of Father and Son, for a Married Woman
   (3) Case Similar to the Two Foregoing, But in Which the Object is Already the Wife of the Father
   (4) Rivalry of Mother and Daughter
   C. (1) Rivalry of Cousins
   D. (1) Rivalry of Friends
   (Elements: a Malevolent Kinsman; a Hatred or Reciprocally Hating Kinsman)
   A. (1) Hatred of Brothers -- One Brother Hated by Several
   (2) Reciprocal Hatred
   (3) Hatred Between Relatives for Reasons of Self-Interest
   B. (1) Hatred of Father and Son -- Of the Son for the Father
   (2) Mutual Hatred
   (3) Hatred of Daughter for Father
   C. (1) Hatred of Grandfather for Grandson
   D. (1) Hatred of Father-in-law for Son-in-law
   E. (1) Hatred of Mother-in-law for Daughter-in-law
   F. (1) Infanticide
   
   Lost and Found
   (Elements: the Abductor; the Abducted; the Guardian)
   A. (1) Abduction of an Unwilling Woman
   B. (1) Abduction of a Consenting Woman
   C. (1) Recapture of the Woman Without the Slaying of the Abductor
   (2) The Same Case, with the Slaying of the Ravisher
   D. (1) Rescue of a Captive Friend
   (2) Of a Child
   (3) Of a Soul in Captivity to Error
   (The Seeker; the One Found)
   A. (1) A Child Stolen
   B. (1) Unjust Imprisonment
   C. (1) A Child Searches to Discover His Father
   (Elements: an Unfortunate, a Threatener, a Rescuer)
   A. (1) Appearance of a Rescuer to the Condemned
   B. (1) A Parent Replaced Upon a Throne by His Children
   (2) Rescue by Friends, or by Strangers Grateful for Benefits Or Hospitality
   
   Conflict
   (Elements: a Mortal, an Immortal)
   A. (1) Struggle Against a Deity
   (2) Strife with the Believers in a God
   B. (1) Controversy with a Deity
   (2) Punishment for Contempt of a God
   (3) Punishment for Pride Before a God
   (Elements: Tyrant and Conspirator)
   A. (1) A Conspiracy Chiefly of One Individual
   (2) A Conspiracy of Several
   B. (1) Revolt of One Individual, Who Influences and Involves Others
   (2) A Revolt of Many
   (Elements: a Bold Leader; an Object; an Adversary)
   A. (1) Preparations For War
   B. (1) War
   (2) A Combat
   C. (1) Carrying Off a Desired Person or Object
   (2) Recapture of a Desired Object
   D. (1) Adventurous Expeditions
   (2) Adventure Undertaken for the Purpose of Obtaining a Beloved Woman
   (Elements: an Ambitious Person; a Thing Coveted; an Adversary)
   A. (1) Ambition Watched and Guarded Against by a Kinsman, or By a Person Under Obligation
   B. (1) Rebellious Ambition
   C. (1) Ambition and Covetousness Heaping Crime Upon Crime
   (Elements: a Vanquished Power; a Victorious Enemy or a Messenger)
   A. (1) Defeat Suffered
   (2) A Fatherland Destroyed
   (3) The Fall of Humanity
   (4) A Natural Catastrophe
   B. (1) A Monarch Overthrown
   C. (1) Ingratitude Suffered
   (2) The Suffering of Unjust Punishment or Enmity
   (3) An Outrage Suffered
   D. (1) Abandonment by a Lover or a Husband
   (2) Children Lost by Their Parents
   
   
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   01. SUPPLICATION
   (The dynamic elements technically necessary are: a Persecutor; a
   Suppliant; and a Power in authority, whose decision is doubtful)
   A. (1) Fugitives Imploring the Powerful for Help Against Their Enemies
   (2) Assistance Implored for the Performance of a Pious Duty Which Has Been Forbidden
   (3) Appeals for a Refuge in Which to Die
   B. (1) Hospitality Besought by the Shipwrecked
   (2) Charity Entreated by Those Cast Off by Their Own People, Whom They Have Disgraced
   (3) Expiation: The Seeking of Pardon, Healing or Deliverance
   (4) The Surrender of a Corpse, or of a Relic, Solicited
   C. (1) Supplication of the Powerful for Those Dear to the Suppliant
   (2) Supplication to a Relative in Behalf of Another Relative
   (3) Supplication to a Mother's Lover, in Her Behalf
   
   17. FATAL Imprudence
   (Elements: The Imprudent; the Victim or the Object Lost)
   A. (1) Imprudence the Cause of One's Own Misfortune
   (2) Imprudence the Cause of One's Own Dishonor
   B. (1) Curiosity the Cause of One's Own Misfortune
   (2) Loss of the Possession of a Loved One, Through Curiosity
   C. (1) Curiosity the Cause of Death or Misfortune to Others
   (2) Imprudence the Cause of a Relative's Death
   (3) Imprudence the Cause of a Lover's Death
   (4) Credulity the Cause of Kinsmen's Deaths

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