These are: rags to riches β an ongoing emotional rise as seen in films such as The Shawshank Redemption; riches to rags β an ongoing emotional fall (Psycho); man in a hole β a fall followed by a rise (The Godfather); Icarus β a rise followed by a fall (On the Waterfront); Cinderella β a rise followed by a fall followed by a rise (Babe); and Oedipus, a fall followed by a rise followed by a fall (All About My Mother).