7/14/2023 0 Comments Plain old west train sketch![]() High Noon is a hybrid marshal/outlaw/revenge story, where the marshal has to face a band of outlaws who want revenge on him for arresting them previously.The 2007 remake also mixes in the Outlaw story, as it gives increased screen time to Ben Wade, as well as his gang's attempts to free him. So when the local sheriff offers a $200 reward to anyone who'll help transport the recently arrested outlaw Ben Wade to the prison train, Evans jumps at the opportunity. Rancher Dan Evans is struggling financially due to a three-year drought. 3:10 to Yuma (1957) is a hybrid of the Ranch story and Marshal story.The Iron Horse chronicles the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s, making it a railroad story.The Great Train Robbery and Stagecoach, the respective Ur-Example and the Trope Codifier of the modern Western, are both railroad stories, making that particular story the oldest of the Western plots.See also Western Characters for another important Western trope, The Magnificent Seven Samurai and A Fistful of Rehashes for other common Western plots, and The Seven Basic Plots for seven basic plots that aren't restricted to Westerns. The above outlaws are the natural antagonists in this kind of story, so expect a lot of overlap. Marshal story - the lawman, his deputies, and the challenges they face drive the plot.Outlaw story - outlaw gangs dominate the action, either as Lovable Rogues, Villain Protagonists, or the bad guys.In its classic form, a Discredited Trope nowadays modern versions will typically be more sympathetic to the Native people. ![]() Cavalry and Indian story - the plot revolves around "taming" the wilderness for white settlers.Revenge story - the plot often involves an elaborate chase and pursuit of a villain by an individual he wronged, but it may also include elements of the classic mystery story.This is the kind of story where a Railroad Baron, Cattle Baron, etc., is an Honest Corporate Executive rather than a corrupt one, if this character isn’t an Anti-Hero or a Villain Protagonist. Empire story - the plot involves building a ranch empire or an oil empire from scratch, a classic Rags to Riches plot.The hero is usually The Drifter or some other outsider. It often stars a Determined Homesteader and features a Cattle Baron or a Railroad Baron as antagonists. Ranch story - the plot follows a ranch and the people working on it, and often concerns threats to the ranch from rustlers or large landowners attempting to force out the proper owners. ![]() Wagon train stories fall into this category. ![]() Union Pacific story - the plot concerns either the construction of a railroad, a telegraph line, or some other type of modern technology or transportation, or follows an event happening at a pre-existing railroad.Author and screenwriter Frank Gruber codified seven such basic plots for The Western: Just as many character archetypes developed just for the Wild West, so too did archetypal plots. The Western has many tropes and traditions that make it unique amongst adventure story genres, and has developed many different conventions. Not pictured: Union Pacific story and Ranch Story. ![]() ♫ When we trope into the wild, wild West ♫Ĭlockwise, starting from top The Great Train Robbery (1903) (Outlaw story), Vengeance 1968 (Revenge story) There Will Be Blood (Empire story), Blazing Saddles (Marshal story), and Comanche Territory (Indian story). ![]()
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