Dramatic Arcs

The 'Rags to riches story arc is...

• The character experiences a fall.

• Character moves from misfortune to success

• Character only wears dirty clothes, gets clean clothes at end of story.

• character moves falls from success to misfortune

Riches to Rags is where...

• Character is successful and then experiences misfortune

• Character succeeds and wins

• Character changes identity

Man in a hole is ...

• The main character experiences but overcomes adversity

• The main character falls from grace

• The main character starts low, only rises to success

Icarus story arc is...

• a warning or caution against disobeying your parents and getting in trouble

• a warning or caution about going against religious ideals

• a warning or caution bout the dangers of overconfidence, pride, and the consequences of not heeding warnings and limitations

• a warning or caution about money

A Cinderella story arc is...

• Similar to Hero's journey, rise of character, challenges faced and overcome to succeed.

• Similar to a villian's journey where they try and take over but fail.

• Where a character has a cruel family and is poor.

An Oedipus story arc is...

• A character does a terrible thing, causes a family tragedy. Always ends badly.

• A character does something wrong, learns from it. Everything turns out ok

Which one IS NOT a 'Rags to Riches' story arc?

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Which one IS NOT 'Riches to Rags' story arc?

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Which one IS NOT of a 'man in a hole' dramatic arc?

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Which one IS NOT an 'Icarus Pyramid'?

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