Rivalry of Superior and Inferior: Georg Polti Plots or Storylines - The 36 Dramatic or Tragic Situations
Abstract
Rivalry of superior and inferior, adultery and murderous adultery all fall together and contrast with those cases which portray straightforward struggle. The action can depend upon which of the rivals is closer to the object. 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 difference between this and adultery is a contract or ceremony of variable importance which does not change the emotions springing from the love contest. In short they are the same except for the marriage and that is unimportant in polygamous societies. Most modern works seem to fall into these two categories. Rivalry of superior and inferior, adultery and murderous adultery all fall together and contrast with those cases which portray straightforward struggle. In double rivalry, the chain could be extended to form a complete circle, or a partial one (say, D returning the love of C). Besides the ranks of the rivals there can be added the rank of the love object: she might be inferior to both, between or even superior to both, as well as being equal in rank to one or the other. The action can depend upon which of the rivals is closer to the object.
Elements
A superior rival
An inferior rival
An object
Themes
1. Masculine rivalries
a mortal and an immortal
a magician and an ordinary man
conqueror and conquered
suzerain king and vassal kings
a king and a noble
a powerful person and an upstart
rich and poor
an honored man and a suspected one
two who are almost equal
equals, one of whom has in the past been guilty of adultery
a man who is loved and one who has not the right to love
the two successive husbands of a divorcee
Feminine rivalries
a sorceress and an ordinary woman
victor and prisoner
queen and subject
a queen and a slave
lady and servant
a lady and a woman or women of humbler position
two who are almost equals
between a memory or an ideal (that of a superior woman) and a vassal of her own
mortal and immortal
Double rivalry (A loves B who loves C who loves D)
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