Polti's Plots

From Guidevines

Polti identified 36 different plots, which are:

Supplication - Persecutor, Suppliant, a Power in Authority

Deliverance - Unfortunates, Threatener, Rescuer

Revenge - Avenger, Criminal

Vengeance by Family upon Family - Avenging Kinsman, Guilty Kinsman, Relative

Pursuit - Fugitive from Punishment, Pursuer

Victim of Cruelty or Misfortune - Unfortunates, Master or Unlucky Person

Disaster - Vanquished Power, Victorious Power or Messenger

Revolt - Tyrant, Conspirator(s)

Daring Enterprise - Bold Leader, Goal, Adversary

Abduction - Abductor, Abducted, Guardian

Enigma - Interrogator, Seeker, Problem

Obtaining - Two or more Opposing Parties, Object, maybe an Arbitrator

Familial Hatred - Two Family Members who hate each other

Familial Rivalry - Preferred Kinsman, Rejected Kinsman, Object

Murderous Adultery - Two Adulterers, the Betrayed

Madness - Madman, Victim

Fatal Imprudence - Imprudent person, Victim or lost object

Involuntary Crimes of Love - Lover, Beloved, Revealer

Kinsman Kills Unrecognised Kinsman - Killer, Unrecognised Victim, Revealer

Self Sacrifice for an Ideal - Hero, Ideal, Person or Thing Sacrificed

Self Sacrifice for Kindred - Hero, Kinsman, Person or Thing Sacrificed

All Sacrificed for Passion - Lover, Object of Passion, Person or Thing Sacrificed

Sacrifice of Loved Ones - Hero, Beloved Victim, Need for Sacrifice

Rivalry Between Superior and Inferior - Superior, Inferior, Object

Adultery - Deceived Spouse, Two Adulterers

Crimes of Love - Lover, Beloved, theme of Dissolution

Discovery of Dishonor of a Loved One - Discoverer, Guilty One

Obstacles to Love - Two Lovers, Obstacle

An Enemy Loved - Beloved Enemy, Lover, Hater

Ambition - An Ambitious Person, Coveted Thing, Adversary

Conflict with a God - Mortal, Immortal

Mistaken Jealousy - Jealous One, Object of Jealousy, Supposed Accomplice, Author of Mistake

Faulty Judgment - Mistaken One, Victim of Mistake, Author of Mistake, Guilty Person

Remorse - Culprit, Victim, Interrogator

Recovery of a Lost One - Seeker, One Found

Loss of Loved Ones - Kinsman Slain, Kinsman Witness, Executioner