A trope is a familiar thing of element that is repeated in different ways and used over and over. For example; every story is a story about good versus evil, in its simplest form. Any movie, book, play, tv show that you have viewed, has a villain, and a hero, the good guy, and the bad guy; a reoccurring theme, used over and over through the ages. There are different types of tropes, like the one we are studying in class, the revelation trope. The revelation trope is elements of a revelation that occur repeatedly.
The revelation trope has 8 key elements starting with the ignorant masses. The ignorant masses are the people who are easily manipulated, or molded to be what you make them, they will believe anything. An example are high school kids, we are molded by our teachers, they fill our brains with information, and we believe what they say without question. The second element is an unacceptable or oppressive situation in which people are harmed. The third element is the prophet, the revealer, the "good guy"; the one who tries to share a message, the fourth element. The fifth element is the prophet connects the dots in a new way. The sixth is that the prophet also offers their vision of a "redeemed" world. The seventh is that there is opposition to the message, these people are usually considered "villains". the eighth and last element is the occurrence of drama.
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