This is a very basic review of what the 7 basic plots are theorised by Christopher Booker.
- Overcoming the monster
Overcoming the monster usually follows the same 5 plot points in the story. There is the call to action, preparation, frustration (doubt), the nightmare stage, and then victory or escape. This plot line is very common within Greek mythology.
- Rags to Riches
Begins with someone ordinary, who is revealed to be someone quite exceptional. Hidden potential, Someone who is faced with something quite hard and is forced to take on a role. Series of adventures that brings on a miraculous transformation. Often adapted from folk tales.
- The Quest
The protagonist and companions will set out on a quest with the intention of acquiring an important object or getting to a specific place facing obstacles and temptations along the way.
- Voyage and Return
The protagonist goes to a strange land and, after overcoming the threats it poses to him or her, returns with nothing but experience.
- Comedy
Light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending; a dramatic work in which the central motif is the triumph over adverse circumstance, resulting in a successful or happy conclusion. Comedy refers to a pattern where the conflict becomes more and more confusing.
- Tragedy
The protagonist is a hero with one major character flaw or great mistake which is ultimately their undoing. Their unfortunate end evokes pity at their folly and the fall of a fundamentally ‘good’ character.
- Rebirth
During the course of the story, an important event forces the main character to change their ways, often making them a better person.
I am not sure that my plot line will fall into any of these categories. At a stretch I think it could come under Rebirth. The poem does change it’s tone and begins to use different words to describe ‘sluts’. Such as ‘pretty’, ‘funny’ and ‘smart’. This could be a realisation of their faults and how they change their ways. However, at the end of the poem, they language is abusive again and calls women dumb. In some ways it is a rebirth of understanding, but not really of character. I think more for the readers, it makes it clear but in the narrative itself, the narrator does not become a better person.