Romance
This story type often takes place in idyllic settings where magic, mystery, and harmony with nature are possible.
What is Romance?
This story type centers on catastrophe and the fall of a central figure.
What is Tragedy?
This story mode is known as the “world of experience,” often mocking or parodying heroic patterns.
This story type often ends in weddings, celebrations, or a newly formed free society.
What is Comedy?
The Lion King - a noble hero suffers loss, faces guilt, endures downfall, and must confront the consequences of actions, all central elements of tragedy
What is tragedy?
In Romance, this figure is associated with spring, dawn, youth, and order, and often completes a heroic quest.
Who is the Romance Hero?
In Tragedy, this figure’s downfall is partly the result of personal responsibility and partly fate
Who is the Tragic Hero?
Stories in this mode often make fun of or expose flaws in this:
What is society?
A Comedy often features this type of character—like a parent or authority figure—who stands in the way of the lovers.
Who is the blocking figure?
WALL‑E (2008): A world of absurd human behaviour; Critique of society (consumerism, laziness, technology reliance; A world “without heroes” in the traditional sense
What is Satire/Irony?
This image, representing the fallen world the hero must conquer, appears frequently in Romance stories and myths.
What is the dragon?
Tragedies often explore the loss of this:
What is the innocence?
This distorted perspective—viewing society through a telescope or microscope—is a hallmark of satirical fantasy.
What is exaggerated or skewed perception?
This archetypal setting, such as the Forest of Arden, represents renewal, transformation, and escape from societal rules.
What is the Green World?
Encanto (2021); Blocking family expectations; Misunderstandings that get resolved; Ends in harmony and reunification; Transformation of society/family structure
What is comedy?
This three‑part plot structure—journey, test, triumph—is the most typical pattern of Romance.
What is the Quest Plot?
In many tragedies, these three roles—order figure, usurper, and nemesis—interact to restore or destroy social balance. Name the pattern.
What is the tragic power‑struggle triad?
This technique—where stories spiral into digressions, fragments, or disintegration—is common in Satire/Irony.
What is structural digression or fragmentation?
This comic structure—boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy finds girl—is the simplest form of the genre.
What is the classic comedic plot pattern?
The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003): Classic quest structure; Clear hero vs. dark adversary; Magical settings and mythic creatures; Triumph after severe tests