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| * Attack by Ally Explain in detail the main moral attack that the ally makes against the hero. Again, write down how the hero justifies himself. * Obsessive Drive Describe when and how your hero becomes obsessed with winning. Put another way, is there a moment when your hero decides to do almost anything to win * Immoral Actions While obsessed with winning, what immoral steps does your hero take Criticism: Describe the criticism, if any, that the hero faces for these actions. Justification: Explain how the hero justifies his methods. * Battle During the final battle, how do you express which values, the hero's or the opponents, are superior in this fight * Final Action Against Opponent Does your hero take a final action against the opponent, whether moral or immoral, before or during the battle * Moral Self-Revelation What, if anything, does your hero learn morally at the end of the story Be sure that this insight is about how to act properly toward others. * Moral Decision Does the hero make a decision between two courses of action near the end of the story * Thematic Revelation Can you think of a story event in which you express your vision of how human beings should act in some other way than through the self-revelation of your hero Lets take a look at the film Casablanca to see how moral argument works. Casablanca (play Everybody Comes to Rick's by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison, screenplay by Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, and Howard Koch, 1942) * Designing Principle A former freedom fighter drops out of society over a lost love but is then inspired to get back into the fight when his love returns. * Theme Line Even a great love between two people may have to be sacrificed in the fight against oppression. Creating the Arena 8 I'm not suggesting that you adhere to the rigid "Aristotelian unity of place" that says all action should occur in a single location. There are four major ways of creating the single arena without destroying the variety of place and action necessary fora good story. Download 0.98 Mb. Share with your friends:
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