Disaster: Georg Polti Plots or Storylines - The 36 Dramatic or Tragic Situations
Abstract
In classical drama has been undeveloped, especially the disaster to a whole society. Only the Greeks have dealt with it adequately. Latterly it has become immensely popular in film. If you have been intending to start that novel or screenplay but felt short of ideas, here is the Wise Women’s synopsis of plot to give you a few ideas. May the Goddess inspire you. Saviour Shirlie.
Is it possible that hadrosaurs were the cattle of the Cretaceous period, herded on the great plains before being shipped to a Cretaceous Chicago for making into meat pies and hamburgers?
In classical drama has been undeveloped, especially the disaster to a whole society. Only the Greeks have dealt with it adequately. Latterly it has become immensely popular in film.
Elements
A vanquished power
A victorious enemy or a messenger
Themes
Disaster on a large scale
Defeat suffered
A fatherland destroyed War of the Worlds, Wells
The fall of humanity
A natural catastrophe
An individual suffering…
…loss of position as of a monarch overthrown Richard II and Henry VI, Shakespeare
…ingratitude Timon of Athens and King Lear, Shakespeare
According to “The Teleological Argument for God”, Nature is so wonderful, works so well, and is so orderly that it can only have been designed. There must therefore have been a designer, and it must have been God. David Hume pointed out that something appearing to be designed does not necessitate that it has been designed. Charles Darwin's theory of evolution explained why life forms could become very sophisticated and thus seem to have been designed. Moreover, if the designer is God, He has designed a lot of imperfection and cruelty into his plan for Nature. It is not compatible with the assumed nature of the Christian God. The God who designed Nature was not a very intelligent god, and was not a merciful god. What advantage is there in the suffering of millions of animals throughout time? Epicurus said:
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then He is not omnipotent. Is He able, but not willing? Then He is not benevolent. Is He both able and willing? Then whence evil?
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