the seven plots
Man against man-
two characters against each other; the antagonist stops protagonist reaching the goal. e.g. spiderman vs villain.
man against nature-
protagonist has to overcome natural environment e.g. life of Pi and 127 hours
man against self-
protagonist has conflict with himself e.g. shutter island, when protagonist has mental issues and has to deal with it on his own
man against god-
conflict between protagonist and omniscient e.g. Bruce Almighty
man against society-
protagonist has arguments with institutions, traditions and laws of their culture e.g. Malcom X
man caught in the middle-
protagonist finds themselves caught in a difficult situation and find an alternative to reach their goal e.g.flypaper
man against technology-
technology is a growing invention, which is seen to be taking control of people and society. e.g transformers
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