Deliverance: Georg Polti Plots or Storylines - The 36 Dramatic or Tragic Situations
Abstract
In some ways the converse of Supplication. An unexpected protector comes of his own accord to rescue the distressed and despairing. The basis of chivalry and the Christian religion, yet little used. 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.
In some ways the converse of Supplication. An unexpected protector comes of his own accord to rescue the distressed and despairing. The basis of chivalry and the Christian religion, yet little used.
Elements
An unfortunate
A threatener
A rescuer
Themes
Appearance of a rescuer to the condemned Don Quixote, Cervantes (a parody of the case)
A parent replaced on a throne by his children
Rescue by friends, or by strangers grateful for benefits or hospitality
Dr Potter, archbishop of New York, was once asked by one of his flock why angels are always depicted in the many pictures and statues of them as women or as young men without beards or moustaches. The bishop replied: “Women enter the Kingdom of Heaven naturally, but men only get in by a close shave.”
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