There is a theory that there are a finite number of Plots (Tragedy, Rags to Riches, Rebirth. Man vs Machine, Man vs Environemnent etc). If you deconstruct these, you will find that they all reduce to the Hero's Journey, which is the Master Plot. This is because all Plots can be reduced to Transformation and the Hero's Journey IS the Process of Transformation.
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