Dramatic Situation 20
About
All 36
1 Supplication
2 Deliverance
3 Vengeance of a crime
4 Vengeance taken for kindred upon kindred
5. Pursuit
6. Disaster
7. Falling prey to cruelty or misfortune
8. Revolt
9. Daring enterprise
10. Abduction
11. Enigma
12. Obtaining
13. Enmity of kinsmen
14. Rivalry of kinsmen
15. Murderous adultery
16. Madness
17. Fatal imprudence
18. Involuntary crimes of love
19. Slaying of a kinsman unrecognized
20. Self-sacrificing for an ideal
21. Self-sacrifice for kindred
22. All sacrificed for a passion
23. Necessity of sacrificing loved ones
24. Rivalry of superior and inferior
25. Adultery
26. Crimes of love
27. Discovery of the dishonor of a loved one
28. Obstacles to love
29. An enemy loved
30. Ambition
31. Conflict with a god
32. Mistaken jealousy
33. Erroneous judgment
34. Remorse
35. Recovery of a lost one
36. Loss of loved ones
SELF-SACRIFICING FOR AN IDEAL
The most noble impulse that has ever moved a human being, although sometimes tarnished by a degree of vanity.
Exampless
• Sacrifice of life for the sake of one's word.
• Life sacrificed for the benefit of one's own people.
• Life sacrificed in filial piety.
• Life sacrificed for the sake of one's faith.
• Both love and life sacrificed for one's faith.
• Both love and life sacrificed to a cause.
• Love sacrificed to interests of state.
• Sacrifice of well-being to duty.
Elements
• The Hero • The Ideal • The Creditor or the Person or Thing Sacrificed