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here. He remarks that this first situation il
almost unused in the modern drama

H. me savior. An unfortunate. threat
ener, savior. A. A condemned person sees
chivalrous savior appear Examples. Act
of "Lohengrin." the end Of "Bluebeard" b /.
To be placed upon the throne by ones children.
2. To be aided by friends or received by stran-
gers. To be protected by the host who gives
asylum. THE most Of the examples given for
this situation are unfamiliar to modern readers.
The attack on the Deadwood coach and the
rescue by Buffalo Bill might be added as peril
nent under A.
Ill. Vengeance pursuing Crime. An aven-
ger. guilty person. lOf this situation M. Polti
makes fifteen subdivisions, some of them scarce
ly dstnguishable one from another. Among
the examples Of the various subdivisions are
many from the Greek drama, Shakespeares
Tempest" one or two instances from the chi
nese drama, "Roger-a- Honte," THE Merchant
of Venice" William Tell and Jack the
Ripper."I
~. To avenge kinsman upon kinsman. The
memory of a knsman who was victim-an
avengng knsman, a guilty kinsman. l. To
avenge ones father upon ones mother. Exam
ole the Electra" OF SOphoces. 2. To avenge
ones mother upon ones father. Example, Zoe
Chien-Chien," Matthey 1881. b. To avenge
ones brothers upon ones son.
w. Hrrted. Chastisement. a fugitive. This
is the same as the previous situations, with the
interest centred upon the fugitive instead OF
upon the avenger. There are several subdlvi-
sions. The most interesting example is Ihe
Ring Of the Nibeung' in which the gods are
vainly seeking escape from the penalty OF their
crime in the theft of the RhinegoldJ
A 10
erful smitten Al. To submit to defeat. His
tCrical examples are numerous. = The country
destroyed Historical examples again. b.
king overthrow Examples. Shakcspeare's
Henry VI" and Richard H." Charles I, Louis
XVI Napo!con, etc. CT To suffer ingratitude
Examples, Shakespeares 'Timon of Athens
and King Lear" M de Bismarck dismissed
hy M de Hohenzollern, jr.," the martyrs. the
death of Socrates the Passion. ISurely suf-
fcientIy varied list = TO suffer unjust re-
sentiment. 3 To suffer outrage. Examples
Act l Of THE CID and Act l OF "Lucretia
Borgia." d /. To be abandoned by lover or
husband. Faust" Ariadne. 2 Children aban-
doned by their parents.
VII. prey master or a misfortune, a
feeble person. A. Innocence the victim of am
bilious intrigues. Example Les Deux Ju-
meaux" of Hugo. B. Despoiled by those who
should protect. CT. Power deposed and misera-
bic. Examples. the beginning Of "Prometheus
Bound" and that Of the Book of job z. A ia
vorite or a friend forgotten. d. The unfortu
nate deprived Of their only hope Example,
THE Blind" of Maeterlinck.
VIII. Revolt tyrant, a conspirator. This
situation is so simple and so frequent that it is
scarcely necessary to give its several subdi-
visions. A few of the examples are Comedies
CHINA" Goethe's "Egmont" and Schller's
civilian Tell
X Daring effort The daring one, the OBJ
ject, the adversary. A. Preparations for war.
b l. War. Shakespeare's Henry v" 2.
combat. l. The carrying away of an object.
2. The retaking Of an object Wagner's Par
sifal" ID !. An adventurous expedition THE
Discovery of the New World" by Lope; Pro
metheus Unbound" of Kschylus; around the
World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne. =
An adventurous enterprise t. obtain a beloved
woman. 3. series of adventures. The second
part of Faust" THE Defcrmed Transformed
of Byron.
X. Carrying off. An al drotor, the person alb
Quoted, a guardian. A. The carrying off of a
woman not conserving. Example, the Sabine
women ~ Inc carrying oIi vi "oilah 'o"-
senting. Helen of Troy. i. The retaking OF
the woman without the murder Of the abductor.
2 The same case with the murder OF the alb
ductor ID. The rescue Of an imprisoned friend.
Richard CGur de Lion" OF Sedaine and Gre
try.
XII The riddle The asker, the seeker, the
problem. A. One must recover something on
pain of death. Or without the pain Of death.
THE Purloned Letter" of Poe. Il i. One must
n,,nco q riddle ON main of dCafh ..rhe Snhnx -