The Thirty-seven Dramatic Situations 7-12
| 7. FALLING PREY TO CRUELTY OR MISFORTUNE. Elements: an Unfortunate; a Master or a Misfortune. |
| A The innocent made the victim of ambitious intrigue. |
B The innocent despoiled by those who should protect. |
C1 The powerful dispossessed and wretched.
C2 A favorite or an intimate finds himself forgotten. |
D The unfortunate robbed of their hope. |
| 8. REVOLT. Elements: Tyrant and Conspirator. |
| A1 A conspiracy chiefly of one individual.
A2 A conspiracy of several. |
B1 Revolt of one individual, who influences and involves others.
B2 A revolt of many.
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| 9. DARING ENTERPRISE. Elements: A bold leader, an object, an adversary. |
| A Preparations for war. |
B1 War.
B2 Combat. |
C1 Carrying off a desired person or object.
C2 Recapture of a desired object. |
D1 Adventurous expeditions.
D2 Adventure undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a beloved woman.
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| 10. ABDUCTION. Elements: The abductor, the abducted, the guardian. |
| A Abduction of an unwilling woman. |
B Abduction of a consenting woman. |
C1 Recapture of the woman without the slaying of the abductor.
C2 The same case, with the slaying of the ravisher. |
D1 Rescue of a captive friend.
D2 Rescue of a child.
D3 Rescue of a soul in captivity to error. |
| 11. THE ENIGMA. Elements: Interrogator, seeker, and problem. |
| A Search for a person who must be found on pain of death. |
B1 A riddle to be solved on pain of death.
B2 A riddle to be solved on pain of death, in which the riddle is proposed by the coveted woman. |
C1 Temptations suffered with the object of discovering his name.
C2 Temptations offered with the object of ascertaining the sex.
C3 Tests for the purpose of ascertaining the mental condition. |
| 12. OBTAINING. Elements: A solicitor and an adversary who is refusing, or an arbitrator opposing parties. |
| A Efforts to obtain an object by ruse or force. |
B Endeavor by means of persuasive eloquence alone. |
C Eloquence with an arbitrator. |
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