Emotional Arcs

  • ‘Rags to riches’ (rise).
  • ‘Tragedy,’ or ‘Riches to rags’ (fall).
  • ‘Man in a hole’ (fall-rise).
  • ‘Icarus’ (rise-fall).
  • ‘Cinderella’ (rise-fall-rise).
  • ‘Oedipus’ (fall-rise-fall).`