How Many Plots Are There?

12th February 2008 with 1 Comment

According to Christopher Booker’s 2004 book, The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories, there are seven of them:
1. Tragedy. This usually involves a hero with a fatal flaw meeting a tragic end. Macbeth or Madame Bovary are obvious candidates. Others might be The Picture of Dorian Gray, Julius Caesar and Anna Karenina. [...]

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