revelation essay draft 1 revised

A trope is a familiar theme that is continuously repeated in many stories and films as figurative language that can be portrayed through the characters, plot, or setting. A few examples of tropes are: the arrogant teacher, sympathetic people, eccentric detective, smart but dorky sidekick, happy endings, struggle between good versus evil, heroes always defeat the villains. One type of a trope is the revelation trope. A revelation is realizing that everything is not what it seems. An enlightening revelation changes your outlook/ perspective on life. Revelation reveals the unknown and is like an epiphany that begins the process of starting with your newfound insight. Crucial elements of a revelation trope consists of a prophet (who is the revealer and usually comes before disciple), the disciple, life changing views, insight/enlightenment, learning to think for yourself. Many times something big must happen to the revealer for it to process the disciple. Other times there is resistant to the message. Those that oppose the revealer tend to be portrayed as the ‘bad guys’. Throughout time the adaptations of tropes and revelation tropes have been used to convey a message to the audience. Revelations offer the audience life-changing experiences, overcoming unacceptable situations, self-reliance and self-discovery. Sometimes the revelation will cause the disciple to fight society norms; like standing up to an inappropriate authority figure.