George Polti wrote a book called 36 Dramatic Situations (1921, out of print now). In the book he provides many examples from each. Two that come to mind right away are Othello (32-C-3) and Terminator 2 (24-A-2). I'm not sure where the intersection is with this and the so-called Seven Basic Plots (really seven kinds of conflict). ## Supplication ## "a persecutor, a suppliant and a power in authority" A: - "fugitives imploring the powerful for help against their enemies" - "assistance implored for the performance of a pious duty which has been forbidden" - "appeals for a refuge in which to die" B: - "hospitality besought by the shipwrecked" - "charity entreated by those cast off by their own people, whom they have disgraced" - "expiation, the seeking of pardon, healing or deliverance" - "the surrender of a corpse, or of a relic, solicited" C: - "supplication of the powerful for those dear to the suppliant" - "supplication to a relative in behalf of another relative" - "supplication to a mother's lover, in her behalf" ## Deliverance ## "an unfortunate, a threatener, a rescuer" A: - "appearance of a rescuer to the condemned" B: - "a parent replaced upon the throne by his children" - "rescue by friends or by strangers grateful for benefits or hospitality" ## Vengeance of a crime ## "an avenger and a criminal" A: - "the avenging of a slain parent or ancestor" - "the avenging of a slain child or descendant" - "vengeance for a child dishonoured" - "the avenging of a slain wife or husband" - "vengeance for the dishonour or attempted dishonouring of a wife" - "vengeance for a mistress slain" - "vengeance for a slain or injured friend" - "vengeance for a sister seduced" B: - "vengeance for intentional injury or spoliation" - "vengeance for having been despoiled during absence" - "revenge for a false accusation" - "vengeance for violation" - "vengeance for having been robbed of one's own" - "vengeance on a whole sex for a deception by one" C: - "professional pursuit of criminals" ## Vengeance taken for kindred upon kindred ## "avenging kinsman; guilty kinsman; remembrance of the victim, a relative of both" A: - "a father's death avenged upon a mother" - "a mother avenged upon a father" B: - "a brother's death avenged upon a son" C: - "a father's death avenged upon a husband" D: - "a husband's death avenged upon a father" ## Pursuit ## "punishment and fugitive" A: - "fugitives from justice pursued for brigandage, political offences, etc" B: - "pursued for a fault of love" C: - "a hero struggling against a power" D: - "a pseudo-madman struggling against an Iago-like alienist" ## Disaster ## "a vanquished power; a victorious enemy or a messenger" A: - "defeat suffered" - "a fatherland destroyed" - "the fall of humanity" - "a natural catastrophe" B: - "a monarch overthrown" C: - "ingratitude suffered" - "the suffering of unjust punishment or enmity" - "an outrage suffered" D: - "abandonment by a lover or a husband" - "children lost by their parents" ## Falling prey to cruelty or misfortune ## "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" C: - "the powerful dispossessed or wretched" - "a favourite or an intimate finds himself forgotten" D: - "the unfortunate robbed of their hope" ## Revolt ## "a tyrant and conspirator" A: - "a conspiracy chiefly of one individual" - "a conspiracy of several" B: - "revolt of one individual who influences and involves others" - "a revolt of many" ## Daring enterprise ## "a bold leader; an object; an adversary" A: - "preparations for war" B: - "war" - "a combat" C: - "carrying off a desired person or object" - "recapture of a desired object" D: - "adventurous expeditions" - "adventure undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a beloved woman" ## Abduction ## "the abductor; the abducted; the guardian" A: - "abduction of an unwilling woman" B: - "abduction of a consenting woman" C: - "recapture of the woman without the slaying of the abductor" - "recapture of the woman with the abductor slain" D: - "the rescue of a captive friend" - "the rescue of a child" - "the rescue of a soul in captivity to error" ## The Enigma ## "interrogator, seeker and problem" A: - "search for person who must be found on pain of death" B: - "a riddle to be solved on pain of death" - "a riddle to be solved on pain of death in which the poser is the coveted woman" C: - "temptations offered with the object of discovering his name" - "temptations offered with the object of ascertaining the sex" - "tests for the purposes of ascertaining the mental condition" ## Obtaining ## "a solicitor and an adversary who is refusing, or an abitrator and opposing parties" A: - "efforts to obtain an object by ruse or force" B: - "endeavour by means of persuasive eloquence alone" C: - "eloquence with an arbitrator" ## Enmity of kinsmen ## "a malevolent kinsman; a hated or reciprocally hating kinsman" A: - "one brother hated by several" - "reciprocal hatred between brothers" - "hatred between relatives for reasons of self-interest" B: - "hatred of father and son" - "mutual hatred" - "hatred of daughter for the father" C: - "hatred of grandfather for grandson" D: - "1 hatred of father-in-law for son-in-law" - "hatred of two brothers-in-law" E: - "hatred of mother-in-law for daughter-in-law" F: - "infanticide" ## Rivalry of kinsmen ## "the preferred kinsman; the rejected kinsman; the object" A: - "malicious rivalry of a sibling" - "malicious rivalry of two siblings" - "rivalry of two siblings, with adultery on the part of one" B: - "rivalry of a parent and a child for an unmarried lover" - "rivalry of a parent and a child for a married lover" - "rivalry of a parent and a child for the love of the other parent" - "rivalry of parent and child" C: - "rivalry of cousins" D: - "rivalry of friends" ## Murderous adultery ## "two adulterers; a betrayed spouse" A: - "slaying of a husband by, or for, a paramour" - "slaying of a trusted lover" B: - "slaying of a wife for a paramour, and in self-interest" ## Madness ## "mad person and victim" A: - "kinsmen slain in madness" - "a lover slain in madness" - "slaying or injuring of a person not hated" B: - "disgrace brought upon oneself through madness" C: - "loss of loved ones brought about by madness" D: - "madness brought on by fear of heredity insanity" ## Fatal imprudence ## "the imprudent; the victim or the object lost" A: - "imprudence the cause of one's own misfortune" - "imprudence the cause of one's own dishonour" B: - "curiosity the cause of one's own misfortune" - "loss of possession of a loved one through curiosity" C: - "curiosity the cause of death or misfortune to others" - "imprudence the cause of a relative's death" - "imprudence the cause of a lover's death" - "credulity the cause of kinsmen's deaths" - "credulity the cause of misfortune" ## Involuntary crimes of love ## "the lover; the beloved; the revealer" A: - "discovery that one has married one's mother" - "discovery that one has a sibling as a lover" B: - "discovery that one has married one's sibling" - "discovery that one has married one's sibling, in which the crime has been villainously planned by a third person" - "being on the point of taking a sibling, unknowingly, as a lover" C: - "being upon the point of violating, unknowingly, a child" D: - "being upon the point of committing an adultery unknowingly" - "adultery committed unknowingly" ## Slaying of a kinsman unrecognised ## "the slayer; the unrecognised victim" A: - "being upon the point of slaying a daughter unknowingly by command of a divinity or an oracle" - "being upon the point of slaying a daughter unknowingly through political necessity" - "being upon the point of slaying a daughter unknowingly through a rivalry in love" - "being upon the point of slaying a daughter unknowingly through hatred of the lover of the unrecognised daughter" B: - "being upon the point of slaying a son unknowingly" - "being upon the point of slaying a son unknowingly, strengthened by Machiavellian instigations" - "being upon the point of slaying a son unknowingly, strengthened by Machiavellian instigations, intermixed with hatred of kinsmen" C: - "being upon the point of slaying a brother, unknowingly, in anger" - "a sister, upon the point of slaying a brother, unknowingly, through professional duty" D: - "slaying of a mother unrecognised" E: - "slaying of a father unknowingly, through Machiavellian advice" - "slaying of a father unknowingly" - "insulting of a father unknowingly" - "being on the point of slaying of a father unknowingly" F: - "a grandfather slain unknowingly, in vengeance and through instigation" - "a grandfather slain involuntarily" - "a father-in-law killed involuntarily" G: - "involuntary killing of a loved woman" - "being on the point of killing a lover, unrecognised" - "failure to rescue an unrecognised son" ## Self-sacrificing for an ideal ## "the hero; the Ideal the 'creditor' or the person or thing sacrificed" A: - "sacrifice of life for the sake of one's word" - "life sacrificed for the benefit of one's own people" - "life sacrificed in filial piety" - "life sacrificed for the sake of one's faith" B: - "both love and life sacrificed for one's faith" - "both love and life sacrificed to a cause" - "love sacrificed to interests of state" C: - "sacrifice of well-being to duty" D: - "the ideal of 'honour' sacrificed to the ideal of 'faith'" ## Self-sacrifice for kindred ## "the hero; the kinsman; the 'creditor' or person or thing sacrificed" A: - "life sacrificed for that of a relative or loved one" - "life sacrificed for the happiness of a relative or loved one" B: - "ambition sacrificed for the happiness of a parent" - "ambition sacrificed for the life of a parent" C: - "love sacrificed for the sake of a parent's life" - "love sacrificed for the happiness of one's child" - "love sacrificed for the happiness of a loved one" - "love sacrificed for the happiness of one's child, but the situation brought about by unjust laws" D: - "life and honour sacrificed for the life of a parent or loved one" - "modesty sacrificed for the life of a relative or a loved one" ## All sacrificed for a passion ## "the lover; the object of the fatal passion; the person or thing sacrificed" A: - "religious vows of chastity broken foir a passion" - "a vow of purity broken" - "a future ruined by a passion" - "power ruined by passion" - "ruin of mind, health and life" - "ruin of fortunes, lives and honours" B: - "temptations destroying the sense of duty, of pity, etc." C: - "destruction of honour, fortune and life by erotic vice" - "destruction of honour, fortune and life by any other vice" ## Necessity of sacrificing loved ones ## "the hero; the beloved victim; the necessity for the sacrifice" A: - "necessity for sacrificing a daughter in the public interest" - "duty of sacrificing a daughter in fulfilment of a vow to a god" - "duty of sacrificing benefactors or loved ones to one's faith" B: - "duty of sacrificing one's child, unknown to others, under the pressure of necessity" - "duty of sacrificing, unknown to others, one's father, under the pressure of necessity" - "duty of sacrificing, unknown to others, one's husband, under the pressure of necessity" - "duty of sacrificing a son-in-law for the public good" - "duty of sacrificing a son-in-law for the sake of reputation" - "duty of contending with a brother-in-law for the public good" - "duty of contending with a friend" ## Rivalry of superior and inferior ## "the superior rival; the inferior rival; the object of rivalry" A: - "rivalry of a mortal and an immortal" - "rivalry of two divinities of unequal power" - "rivalry of a magician and an ordinary man" - "rivalry of conqueror and conquered" - "rivalry of victor and vanquished" - "rivalry of a master and a banished man" - "rivalry of suzerain king and vassal king" - "rivalry of a king and a noble" - "rivalry of a powerful person and an upstart" - "rivalry of rich and poor" - "rivalry of an honoured man and a suspected one" - "rivalry of two who are almost equal" - "rivalry of equals, one of whom has in the past been guilty of adultery" - "rivalry of a man who is loved and one who has not the right to love" - "rivalry of the two successive husbands of a divorcee" B: - "rivalry of a sorceress and an ordinary woman" - "rivalry of a victor and a prisoner" - "rivalry of a queen and a subject" - "rivalry of a queen and a slave" - "rivalry of a lady and a servant" - "rivalry of a lady and a woman of humbler position" - "rivalry of two who are almost equals, complicated by the abandonment of one" - "rivalry between a memory and an ideal (that of a superior woman) and a vassal of her own" - "rivalry of mortal and immortal" C: - "double rivalry (A vs B vs C vs D)" D: - "rivalry of two immortals" - "rivalry of two mortals" - "rivalry of two lawful wives" ## Adultery ## "a deceived spouse; two adulterers" A: - "a mistress betrayed for a young woman" - "a mistress betrayed for a young wife" - "a mistress betrayed for a girl" B: - "a wife betrayed for a slave, who does not love in return" - "a wife betrayed for debauchery" - "a wife betrayed for a married woman" - "a wife betrayed with the intention of bigamy" - "a wife betrayed for a young girl, who does not love in return" - "a wife envied by a young girl who is in love with her husband" - "a wife betrayed by a courtesan" - "rivalry between a wife who is antipathetic and a mistress who is congenial" - "rivalry between a generous wife and an impassioned girl" C: - "an antagonistic husband sacrificed for a congenial lover" - "a husband, believed to be lost, forgotten for a rival" - "a commonplace husband, sacrificed for a sympathetic lover" - "a good husband betrayed for an inferior rival" - "a good husband betrayed for a grotesque rival" - "a good husband betrayed for an odious rival" - "a good husband betrayed for a commonplace rival, by a perverse wife" - "a good husband betrayed for a rival less handsome, but useful" D: - "vengeance of a deceived husband" - "jealousy sacrificed for the sake of a cause" E: - "a husband persecuted by a rejected rival" ## Crimes of love ## "the lover; the beloved" A: - "a mother in love with her son" - "a daughter in love with her father" - "violation of a daughter by a father" B: - "a woman enamoured of her stepson" - "a woman and her stepson enamoured of each other" - "a woman being the mistress, at the same time, of a father and son, both of whom accept the situation" C: - "a man becomes the lover of his sister-in-law" - "a man becomes enamoured of his sister-in-law" - "a brother and sister in love with each other" D: - "a man enamoured of another man, who yields" E: - "a woman enamoured of a bull" ## Discovery of the dishonour of a loved one ## "the dishonourer; the guilty one" A: - "discovery of a parent's shame" - "discovery of a child's dishonour" - "discovery of a sibling's shame or dishonour" B: - "discovery of dishonour in the family of one's fiancee" - "discovery that one's wife has been violated before marriage" - "discovery that one's wife has been violated since the marriage" - "discovery that one's spouse has previously committed a fault" - "discovery that one's spouse has formerly been a prositute" - "discovery of dishonour on the part of a lover" - "discovery that one's mistress, formerly a prostitute, has returned to her former life" - "discovery that one's lover is of bad character" - "discovery that one's spouse is of bad character" - "discovery that one's lover is specifically weakened" C: - "discovery that one's son is an assassin" D: - "duty of punishing a traitorous relative" - "duty of punishing a son condemned under a law which the father has made" - "duty of punishing a son believed to be guilty" - "duty of sacrificing, to fulfil a vow of tyrranicide, a father until then unknown" - "duty of punishing a wrongdoing relative" - "duty of punishing one's mother to avenge one's father" ## Obstacles to love ## "two lovers, an obstacle" A: - "marriage prevented by inequality of rank" - "inequality of fortune an impediment to marriage" B: - "marriage prevented by enemies and contingent obstacles" C: - "marriage forbidden on account of the young woman's previous betrothal to another" - "marriage forbidden on account of the young woman's previous betrothal to another, complicated by an imaginary marriage of the beloved object" D: - "free union impeded by the opposition of relatives" - "family affection disturbed by the parents-in-law" E: - "free union impeded by the incompatibility of temper of the lovers" ## An enemy loved ## "the beloved enemy; the lover; the hater" A: - "the loved one hated by kinsmen of the lover" - "the lover pursued by the brothers of his beloved" - "the lover hated by the family of his beloved" - "the lover is a son of a man hated by the kinsmen of his beloved" - "the lover is an enemy of the party of the woman who loves him" B: - "the lover is the slayer of the father of his beloved" - "the beloved is the slayer of the father of her lover" - "the beloved is the slayer of the brother of her lover" - "the beloved is the slayer of the husband of the woman who loves him, but who has previously sworn to avenge that husband" - "the beloved is the slayer of a previous lover of the woman who loves him, but who has previously sworn to avenge the dead lover" - "the beloved is a slayer of a kinsman of the woman who loves him" - "the beloved is the daughter of the slayer of her lover's father" ## Ambition ## "an ambitious person; a thing coveted; an adversary" A: - "ambition watched and guarded against by a kinsman or patriot friend" - "ambition watched and guarded against by a brother" - "ambition watched and guarded against by a relative or person under no obligation" - "ambition watched and guarded against by partisans" B: - "rebellious ambition" C: - "ambition and covetousness heaping crime upon crime" - "parricidal ambition" ## Conflict with a god ## "an immortal; a mortal" A: - "struggle against a deity" - "strife with believers in a god" B: - "controversy with a deity" - "punishment for contempt of a god" - "punishment for pride before a god" - "presumptuous rivalry with a god" - "impudent rivalry with a deity" ## Mistaken jealousy ## "the jealous; the object of whose possessions he is jealous; the supposed accomplice; the cause or the author of the mistake" A: - "the mistake originates in the suspicious mind of the jealous one" - "mistaken jealousy aroused by a fatal chance" - "mistaken jealousy of a love which is purely platonic" - "baseless jealousy aroused by malicious rumours" B: - "jealousy suggested by a traitor who is moved by hatred" - "jealousy suggested by a traitor who is moved by self-interest" - "jealousy suggested by a traitor who is moved by jealousy and self-interest" C: - "reciprocal jealousy suggested to husband and wife by a rival" - "jealousy suggested to the husband by a dismissed suitor" - "jealousy suggested to the husband by a woman who is in love with him" - "jealousy suggested to the wife by a scorned rival" - "jealousy suggested to a happy lover by the deceived husband" ## Erroneous judgement ## "the mistaken one; the victim of the mistake; the cause or author of the mistake; the guilty person" A: - "suspicion where faith is necessary" - "false suspicion" - "false suspicions aroused by the a misunderstood attitude of a loved one" - "false suspicions aroused by indifference" B: - "false suspicions drawn upon oneself to save a friend" - "false suspicions fall upon the innocent" - "false suspicions fall upon the innocent spouse of the guilty one" - "false suspicions fall upon an innocent but guilty-intentioned" - "false suspicions fall upon an innocent who believes themselves guilty" - "a witness to a crime, in the interests of loved one, lets accusation fall upon the innocent" C: - "the accusation is allowed to fall upon an enemy" - "the error is provoked by the enemy" - "the mistake is directed against the victim by her brother" D: - "false suspicion thrown by the real culprit upon one of his enemies" - "false suspicion thrown by the real culprit upon the second victim against which he has plotted from the beginning" - "false suspicion thrown upon a rival" - "false suspicion thrown upon an innocent because he has refused to be an accomplice" - "false suspicion thrown by a deserted mistress upon a lover who left her because he would not deceive her husband" - "struggle to rehabilitate oneself and to avenge a judicial error purposely caused" ## Remorse ## "the culprit; the victim or sin; the interrogator" A: - "remorse for an unknown crime" - "remorse for a parricide" - "remorse for an assassination" - "remorse for the murder of husband or wife" B: - "remorse for a fault of love" - "remorse for an adultery" ## Recovery of a lost one ## "the seeker; the one found" A: - "recovery of a lost one" ## Loss of loved ones ## "a kinsman slain; a kinsman spectator; an executioner" A: - "witnessing the slaying of kinsmen while powerless to prevent it" - "helping to bring misfortune upon one's people through professional secrecy" B: - "divining the death of a loved one" C: - "learning of the death of a kinsman or ally" D: - "relapse into primitive baseness, through despair on learning of the death of a loved one"