There are just SIX plots in every film, book and TV show ever made: Researchers reveal the 'building blocks' of storytelling
By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com
Published: 14:56 EST, 8 July 2016 | Updated: 17:11 EST, 8 July 2016
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...rytelling.html
From Harry Potter and Romeo and Juliet to the stories of Oedipus and Icarus, almost every tale told conforms to one of just six plots, researchers have claimed.
A major new analysis of over 1,700 stories identified the core plots 'which form the building blocks of complex narratives'.
Researchers used complex data-mining to locate words linked to positive or negative emotion in each story to reveal the set of arcs....
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...WHAT ARE THE SIX ARCS?
Fall-rise-fall:
'Oedipus Rex', 'The Wonder Book of Bible Stories', 'A Hero of Our Time' and 'The Serpent River'.
Rise-fall:
'Stories from Hans Andersen', 'The Rome Express', 'How to Read Human Nature' and 'The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali'.
Fall-rise:
'The Magic of Oz', 'Teddy Bears', 'The Autobiography of St. Ignatius' and 'Typhoon'.
Steady fall:
'Romeo and Juliet', 'The House of the Vampire', 'Savrola' and 'The Dance'.
Steady rise:
'Alice's Adventures Underground', 'Dream', 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol' and 'The Human Comedy'.
Rise-fall-rise:
'Cinderella', 'A Christmas Carol', 'Sophist' and 'The Consolation of Philosophy'.
The most popular stories have been found to follow the 'fall-rise-fall' and 'rise-fall' arcs.