Necessity of Sacrificing Loved Ones: Georg Polti Plots or Storylines - The 36 Dramatic or Tragic Situations
Abstract
The hero must proceed toward the same end as those in Hatred of Kinsmen but for different reasons. The feeling toward the victim is the opposite but the obligation to proceed is the same. Some situations lend themselves to interesting complications. 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.
The hero must proceed toward the same end as those in Hatred of Kinsmen but for different reasons. The feeling toward the victim is the opposite but the obligation to proceed is the same. Some situations lend themselves to interesting complications. Thus in Euripides’ Melanippe the heroine is forced to kill her son. She would have resisted at risk to herself but by so doing would reveal his identity and cause his certain death anyway. The boy has to die whatever the mother does so she choses to despatch him herself. This motif can be used in any situation where someone has an order which they would not want to obey but which has the same (best) or a worse outcome if they refuse. Submitting to blackmail is equivalent.
Elements
A hero
A beloved victim
A need for the sacrifice
Themes
Sacrificing loved ones
Necessity of sacrificing a daughter
in the public interest
in fulfilment of a vow of god
Duty of sacrificing benefactors or loved ones to one’s faith
Duty of sacrificing, unknown to others, under the pressure of necessity…
Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.
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