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  2. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia

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    The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was first proposed by Georges Polti in 1895 to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance. [1] Polti analyzed classical Greek texts, plus classical and contemporaneous French works.

  3. Empty Fort Strategy - Wikipedia

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    Empty Fort Strategy. The Empty Fort Strategy involves using reverse psychology to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes, and therefore induce the enemy to retreat. It is listed as the 32nd of the Thirty-Six Stratagems. Some examples are listed in the following sections.

  4. Thirty-Six Stratagems - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The Thirty-Six Stratagems is a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and civil interaction. Its focus on the use of cunning and deception both on the battlefield and in court have drawn comparisons to Sun Tzu's The Art of War.

  5. Story structure - Wikipedia

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    Definition. Story is a sequence of events, which can be true or fictitious, that appear in prose, verse or script, designed to amuse or inform an audience. [1] Story structure is a way to organize the story's elements into a recognizable sequence. It has been shown to influence how the brain organizes information. [2]

  6. The 39 Steps (play) - Wikipedia

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    The 39 Steps (play) The 39 Steps. (play) The 39 Steps is a parody play adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan and the 1935 film by Alfred Hitchcock. The original concept and production of a four-actor version of the story was written by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon, and premiered in 1996. Patrick Barlow rewrote this adaptation in 2005.

  7. Sun Zi Bing Fa Yu San Shi Liu Ji - Wikipedia

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    China. Running time. 45 minutes per episode. Sun Zi Bing Fa Yu San Shi Liu Ji, literally Sun Tzu 's The Art of War and the Thirty-Six Stratagems, is a Chinese television series first broadcast in 2000. Set in the Warring States period of ancient China, the series tells the story of Sun Bin, a descendant of Sun Tzu, and his rival Pang Juan.

  8. 36 Hours (1964 film) - Wikipedia

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    English. Box office. $2.2 million [2] 36 Hours is a 1964 American war thriller film written and directed by George Seaton from a story by Carl K. Hittleman and Luis Vance, based on the 1944 short story "Beware of the Dog" by Roald Dahl. [3] The film stars James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Taylor and Werner Peters.

  9. D. B. Cooper - Wikipedia

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    In addition to sixty-six latent fingerprints aboard the plane, [83] FBI agents recovered Cooper's black clip-on tie, tie clip and two of the four parachutes, [b] one of which had been opened and had three shroud lines cut from the canopy. [84] FBI agents interviewed eyewitnesses in Portland, Seattle and Reno, and developed a series of composite ...