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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Brown" <as-brown@comcast.net>
> Movies may have expanded the number. Maybe not.
> Let's see, from what I've seen and read lately...
>
> The virtuous one, first abused, then rewarded...
> Revenge of dead people, usually ghosts of abused girls...
> Mistaken identity in all manifestations: good brother/bad brother, rich
and
> evil family vs. poor and virtuous family...
> Weak man, strong woman, doom for both. From Samson and Delilah to James M.
> Cain...
> The Rake's Progress. Substitute for rake the junkie or the drunk or the
> greedy man. The result, he loses all...
> Brave young lad triumphs after overcoming numerous adversaries, and The
> World in general...
> The ComradeVoyage. The Buddy film... Friendship is redemptive.
> Ozymandias. Citizen Kane. Scarface. A man achieves great heights only to
be
> felled at last.
> EVIL scares the hell out of everyone but is ultimately shoved back into
the
> pit. Beowulf. Dracula. The Exorcist. ....
> GOODNESS suffers repeated defeats but succeeds in the end, with assistance
> from Dickensian deus ex machina...
> Interior monologue of the madman. Poe. And, unintentionally, most
political
> autobiographies...
> Retrospective of the good man who, upon reflection, realizes he really is
a
> wonderful guy. See above...
> Self-sacrificing sibling and selfish sibling. The selfish one is humbled
in
> the end, but no one seems to get much money...
>
> I suspect the task of the artist is to treat plots like cliches. Avoid
both
> at all costs.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:56 AM
> Subject: Fw: Fw: Shakespeare plagiarist!
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tina Colquhoun" <tacolquhoun@btopenworld.com>
> > >
> > > >I also believe this is an opportunity to discuss the
> > > cyclic nature of ideas and plotlines throughout the ages.<
> > >
> > > Isn't it common knowledge that only seven (or is it twelve??) basic
plot
> > > lines exist...??
> > >
> > > TA Colquhoun
> > >
> > >
>
From: "Andrew Brown" <as-brown@comcast.net>
> Movies may have expanded the number. Maybe not.
> Let's see, from what I've seen and read lately...
>
> The virtuous one, first abused, then rewarded...
> Revenge of dead people, usually ghosts of abused girls...
> Mistaken identity in all manifestations: good brother/bad brother, rich
and
> evil family vs. poor and virtuous family...
> Weak man, strong woman, doom for both. From Samson and Delilah to James M.
> Cain...
> The Rake's Progress. Substitute for rake the junkie or the drunk or the
> greedy man. The result, he loses all...
> Brave young lad triumphs after overcoming numerous adversaries, and The
> World in general...
> The ComradeVoyage. The Buddy film... Friendship is redemptive.
> Ozymandias. Citizen Kane. Scarface. A man achieves great heights only to
be
> felled at last.
> EVIL scares the hell out of everyone but is ultimately shoved back into
the
> pit. Beowulf. Dracula. The Exorcist. ....
> GOODNESS suffers repeated defeats but succeeds in the end, with assistance
> from Dickensian deus ex machina...
> Interior monologue of the madman. Poe. And, unintentionally, most
political
> autobiographies...
> Retrospective of the good man who, upon reflection, realizes he really is
a
> wonderful guy. See above...
> Self-sacrificing sibling and selfish sibling. The selfish one is humbled
in
> the end, but no one seems to get much money...
>
> I suspect the task of the artist is to treat plots like cliches. Avoid
both
> at all costs.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "D. Barton Johnson" <chtodel@cox.net>
> To: <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 10:56 AM
> Subject: Fw: Fw: Shakespeare plagiarist!
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tina Colquhoun" <tacolquhoun@btopenworld.com>
> > >
> > > >I also believe this is an opportunity to discuss the
> > > cyclic nature of ideas and plotlines throughout the ages.<
> > >
> > > Isn't it common knowledge that only seven (or is it twelve??) basic
plot
> > > lines exist...??
> > >
> > > TA Colquhoun
> > >
> > >
>