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Achilles was a Greek hero and greatest warriorof the Trojan War . Later legends state that Achilles was invulnerable in all of his body except for his heel. Because of his death from a small wound in the heel, the term Achilles' heel has come to mean a person's point of weakness.
Victim V.S. Villain
Who is the spider?
Spider V.S. Fly
Fatal attraction (1987)
Happily married New York lawyer Dan has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan's wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop at nothing to have him for herself. Just how far will she go to get what she wants? (from IMDB)

The key distinction is that between story and plot: Story is the viewer's of all the events in the narrative—whether presented to us or not—while plot is the film’s actual presentation of certain events in the narrative.
Achilles
阿喀琉斯
Candid
康迪德
Cinderella
灰姑娘
Circe
喀耳刻
Faust
浮士德
Orpheus
Romeo and Juliet
Tristan
the Wandering Jew
俄尔普斯 罗密欧与朱丽叶 特里斯坦 流浪的犹太人 *They can occur or * These story categories should be interpreted quite

Superman
Fatal Flaw: kryptonite氪气石 concern with the people he loves and cares
Greed
Arrogance
1. A flawless hero?
Jealousy
2. Fatal flaws of human beings
Black Coal,Thin Ice (2014)
An ex cop and his ex partner decide to follow up on investigation of a series of murders that ended their careers and shamed them, when identical murders begin again.
Narrative, story, and plot are the basic terms used when analyzing the narrative structure (叙事结 构)of a film. Although they are sometimes used interchangeably(可交换的),they also have more precise meanings that can help us to draw some useful distinction. David Bordwell and Krisin Thomas in Film Art—An Introduction《电影艺术入门)define them as follows:
Prejudice
Sluggishness
Candide
The story of the innocent abroad ,the natively optimistic hero who triumphs contrary to all expectations
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)

Circe
The “chase” story in which an innocent victim is pursued by the villain, until the villain is defeated by the potential victim. Often this story takes the form of the temptress(诱惑男人的女性)ensnaring(诱捕)the lovestruck(被爱情冲昏了头的)male; it has often been vividly described as “the spider and the fly”. It is the basis of horror films, thrillers, and film noir(黑色电影).


Narrative (storyline) A teenager boy named Pi lost his family in shipwreck and drift on Pacific Ocean for 227 days…… Story The second story or “your story of Pi” Plot A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.(From IMDB)-the first 印式英语(2012)
The story of a quiet, sweet tempered housewife who endures small slights from her well educated husband and daughter everyday because of her inability to speak and understand English. She is resourceful and open-minded but somehow these traits don't get noticed by them. Then one day on a trip to visit her sister in Manhattan she decides to enroll in an English Learners class and meets a host of new people who teach her to value herself beyond the narrow perspective of her family.
Forrest Gump (1994)

Cinderella
Zootopia (2016)
The story of the “dream comes true ”:Goodness and virtue are despised(轻视) at the beginning but recognized at last. The protagonist of the Cinderella story usually begins in a lowly position but, through his good nature, convinces all doubters(怀疑者)and is rewarded.
Writers such as Rory Johnston have argued that there are a limited number of stories that form the basis for all fictional narratives. These stories have been named as follows.
Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two come back together. On the way he discovers France, bicycling, and true love, among other things.

Narrative (storyline) A chain of events in cause-effect relationships(因果关系)occurring in time and space.
Story All the events that we see and hear, plus all those that we infer or assume to have occurred, arranged in their presumed causal relations, chronological order, duration, frequency and spatial locations. Plot All the events that are directly presented to us, including their causal relations, chronological order, duration, frequency, and spatial locations.
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