The Seven
Basic Plots
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Christopher
Booker's The Seven Basic Plots is a long book.
You can also get a good dose of Jungian psychology to boot. Booker likes to
talk about the symbolism of the masculine and feminine aspects of a character.
Below are Booker's The Seven Basic Plots
Summary Overcoming the Monster
Hero learns of a great evil
threatening the land, and sets out to destroy it.
Rags to Riches
Surrounded
by dark forces who suppress and ridicule him, the Hero slowly blossoms into a
mature figure who ultimately gets riches, a kingdom, and the perfect mate.
The Quest
Hero learns
of a great MacGuffin
that he desperately wants to find, and sets out to find it, often with
companions.
Voyage and Return
Hero heads
off into a magic land with crazy rules, ultimately triumphs over the madness
and returns home far more mature than when he set out.
Comedy
Hero and
Heroine are destined to get together, but a dark force is preventing them from
doing so; the story conspires to make the dark force repent,
and suddenly the Hero and Heroine are free to get together. This is part of a
cascade of effects that shows everyone for who they really are, and allows two
or more other relationships to correctly form.
Tragedy
The flip
side of the Overcoming the Monster plot. Our protagonist character is
the Villain, but we get to watch him slowly spiral down into darkness before
he's finally defeated, freeing the land from his evil influence.
Rebirth
As with the Tragedy
plot, but our protagonist manages to realize his error before it's too late,
and does a Heel-Face
Turn to avoid inevitable defeat.
Which plot(s)
would you say that your film falls into?
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