Wise Women Discuss—Plot!

The 36 Tragic Situations

Though women have been starved of creative opportunities over the centuries of patriarchal bullying, they have proved in one important field that they are not creatively inferior to men—in writing. Adelphiasophists are keen that all people should be creative and that their efforts should be appreciated. If you have been intending to start that novel or screenplay but felt short of ideas, here is the Wise Women's synopsis of plot to give you a few ideas. May the Goddess inspire you. Saviour Shirlie.

23. Discovery of the Dishonour of a Loved One

A psychological struggle similar to Necessity of sacrificing loved ones but with a high ideal substituted by shame.

Elements

A discoverer
A guilty one

Themes

Discovery of the shame of a close relative

a mother's shame Mrs Warren's Profession, Shaw
a father's shame
a daughter's dishonor

Discovery of the shame of a lover

dishonor in the family of one's fiancee
violation of one's wife

...before mariage
...since the marriage

that they has previously committed a fault
that one's wife has formerly been a prostitute

dishonor on the part of a lover

that one's mistress, formerly a prostitute has returned to her old life
that one's lover is a scoundrel or one's mistress is a woman of bad character
the same discovery concerning a so-called king
that one's wife is a woman of bad character

Discovery that one's son is an assassin
Duty of punishing or sacrificing

This might be a distinct situation. There is the discovery and the duty of imposing punishment as well. It might be an intermediate between Necessity of sacrificing loved ones and the rest of this main category.
...a son who is traitor to his country
...a brother who is traitor to his party
...a son condemned under a law which the father has made
...a son believed to be guilty
...a father, until then unknown, to fulfil a vow of tyrannicide
...a brother who is an assassin
...one's mother to avenge one's father