In summary, resorted:
1. Rags to riches: RISE
2. Riches to rags: FALL
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3. Icarus: RISE, FALL
6. Man in a hole: FALL, RISE
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4. Oedipus: FALL, RISE, FALL
5. Cinderella: RISE, FALL, RISE
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So every story can be framed by putting brackets somewhere in this sequence: RISE, FALL, RISE, FALL
Now....what to do with this highly-abstracted level of information...?
It's like saying all music in the world consists of some form of "lower note, higher note, lower note, higher note"
1. Rags to riches: RISE
2. Riches to rags: FALL
--
3. Icarus: RISE, FALL
6. Man in a hole: FALL, RISE
--
4. Oedipus: FALL, RISE, FALL
5. Cinderella: RISE, FALL, RISE
--
So every story can be framed by putting brackets somewhere in this sequence: RISE, FALL, RISE, FALL
Now....what to do with this highly-abstracted level of information...?
It's like saying all music in the world consists of some form of "lower note, higher note, lower note, higher note"