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.


27. Ambition

Ambition is one of the most powerful passions. Once awakened it will cease only with his death. The objects of its desire might be tyrannical power, high rank, honors, wealth (by inheritance, marriage, robbery, etc), avarice (the conservation of wealth), glory (scientific, political, literary, inventive, artistic), celebrity, distinction.

Elements
  1. An ambitious person
  2. A thing coveted
  3. An adversary
Themes
  1. Ambition watched and guarded against by a kinsman or a patriot friend
  2. This shows the ties that unite the ambitious one with his adversary leading to situations Slaying of a kinsman unrecognised, Necessity of sacrificing loved ones and Rivalry of superior and inferior.
  3. Rebellious ambition Henry IV, part 2, Shakespeare
  4. Ambition leading to crime