GEORGES POLTI'S 36 DRAMATIC SITUATIONS
1. Supplication: The dynamic elements technically necessary are: a Persecutor; a Supplicant; and a Power in authority, whose decision is doubtful.
2. Deliverance: Elements: an Unfortunate, a Threatener, a Rescuer.
3. Crime Pursued by Vengeance: Elements: an Avenger and a Criminal.
4. Vengeance Taken for Kindred Upon Kindred: Elements: Avenging Kinsman; Guilty Kinsman; Remembrance of the Victim, a Relative of Both.
5. Pursuit: Elements: Punishment and Fugitive.
6. Disaster: Elements: a Vanquished Power; a Victorious Enemy or a Messenger.
7. Falling Prey to Cruelty or Misfortune: Elements: an Unfortunate; a Master or a Misfortune.
8. Revolt: Elements: Tyrant and Conspirator.
9. Daring Enterprise: Elements: a Bold Leader; an Object; an Adversary.
10. Abduction: Elements: the Abductor; the Abducted; the Guardian.
11. The Enigma: Elements: Interrogator, Seeker and Problem.
12. Obtaining: Elements: a Solicitor and an Adversary Who is Refusing, or an Arbitrator and Opposing Parties.
13. Enmity of Kinsmen: Elements: a Malevolent Kinsman; a Hatred or Reciprocally Hating Kinsman.
14. Rivalry of Kinsmen: Elements: the Preferred Kinsman; the Rejected Kinsman; the Object.
15. Murderous Adultery: Elements: Two Adulterers; a Betrayed Husband or Wife.
16. Madness: Elements: Madman and Victim.
17. Fatal Imprudence: Elements: The Imprudent; the Victim or the Object Lost.
18. Involuntary Crimes of Love: Elements: the Lover, the Beloved; the Revealer.
19. Slaying of a Kinsman Unrecognized: Elements: the Slayer, the Unrecognized Victim.
20. Self-Sacrifice for an Ideal: Elements: the Hero; the Ideal; the 'Creditor' or the Person or Thing Sacrificed.
21. Self-Sacrifice for Kindred: Elements: the Hero; the Kinsman; the 'Creditor' or the Person or Thing Sacrificed.
22. All Sacrificed for Passion: Elements: the Lover, the Object of the Fatal Passion; the Person or Thing Sacrificed.
23. Necessity of Sacrificing Loved Ones: Elements: the Hero; the Beloved Victim; the Necessity for the Sacrifice.
24. Rivalry of Superior and Inferior: Elements: the Superior Rival; the Inferior Rival; the Object.
25. Adultery: Elements: a Deceived Husband or Wife; Two Adulterers.
26. Crimes of Love: Elements: The Lover, the Beloved.
27. Discovery of the Dishonor of a Loved One: Elements: the Discoverer; the Guilty One.
28. Obstacles to Love: Elements: Two Lovers, an Obstacle.
29. An Enemy Loved: Elements: The Beloved Enemy; the Lover; the Hater.
30. Ambition: Elements: an Ambitious Person; a Thing Coveted; an Adversary.
31. Conflict With a God: Elements: a Mortal, an Immortal.
32. Mistaken Jealousy: Elements: the Jealous One; the Object of Whose Possession He is Jealous; the Supposed Accomplice; the Cause or the Author of the Mistake.
33. Erroneous Judgment: Elements: The Mistaken One; the Victim of the Mistake; the Cause or Author of the Mistake; the Guilty Person.
34. Remorse: Elements: the Culprit; the Victim or the Sin; the Interrogator.
35. Recovery of a Lost One: Elements: The Seeker; the One Found.
36. Loss of Loved Ones: Elements: A Kinsman Slain; a Kinsman Spectator; an Executioner.
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