revelations trope first draft

Bonnie Black
Revelation Trope First Draft

A trope is an element in a story that tends to get repeated. A very common trope is that of the revelation trope. Elements of a revelation trope are the following; ignorant masses, an unnacceptable situation, a prophet or revealer trying to share a message that presents things in a new way and that offers a new redeemed world, opposition to the messenger, drama occurs. A trope can be seen within movies, television, and literature.
In the movie Foxfire, Legs, arrives at the lead character, Maddy’s school. When the girls are in the bathroom and it comes out that their science teacher has been sexually abusing some of them, Legs encourages the girls to stand up together. In this revelation, Legs is playing the role of the messanger/revealer. The unacceptable situation is the fact that the teacher has been taking advantage of the girls. The opposition during this revelation came from the cheerleaders at the school who were also in the bathroom, in on the conversation. They doubted the girls’ stories, and refused to believe that the teacher was doing such things. The drama that then occured was the way the girls chose to solve the situation; by catching the teacher during the act and beating him up.
Revelations occur all throughout The Gospel of Mark. The most obvious being that of when Jesus learns that he is the son of God. “10 Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven: ‘You are my son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.’” Through Jesus’ journey of delivering the message of God, he comes across the obstacle of the ignorant masses, who often doubt his ability to heal and help others.
[add argument on ignorant masses-maybe jesus was just preaching something that no one had and it was possible for anyone to preach such thigns but ppl were just so amazed, they amped him up]
As Jesus is dealing with his own new found power, the people he comes in contact with also experiance similar revelations, as they now realize they are in the presence of God’s Son.
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