In Dramatica, both will be of the same type (For example, if the Goal of the story is to ensure that a rural town will last for generations to come, everyone in the story in one shape or another will be concerned with the future - whether they care about the town’s future or not.).

(This article originally appeared on Jim's Story Fanatic website in 2007. If the Goal was finding the Maltese Falcon then the Outcome of the story would be a Failure. Spade goes to see Miss Wonderly, and she confesses that the story she told him the day before was not true and her real name is Brigid O'Shaughnessy. Obviously then, this has to be the Goal of the Story, right? Distributed byWarner Bros. Release date October 3, 1941 October 18, 1941 Running time 101 minutes C… He could be sacrificing his own love for Brigid in order to do the right thing by bringing justice to Miles' death. Gutman will never be satisfied until the falcon is in his hands, but if he never finds it or if it doesn't even exist, then he has already lost his chance to find happiness elsewhere. In 60 years, the story you’re writing could be completely meaningless. More murders are yet to come, and it will all be because of these dangerous men -- and their lust for a statuette of a bird: the Maltese Falcon. While the cops chasing him would lend one to believe Sam is holding out for something to stop (as in The Fugitive) the emphasis in this story is on Sam waiting for the murderer to reveal himself (in this case, herself). Sam ends up the unsettled one. | The suggestion was made that the real Goal of the story was solving the murder of Sam’s partner. Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Plot Summary of “The Maltese Falcon” by Dashiell Hammett. The Antagonist, or “Bad Guy” in this would be Brigid. Finding the Maltese Falcon, of course. A knockout, who goes by the name of Miss Wonderly, walks into their office; and by that night everything's changed. What follows is a series of murders, corruption and uncertainty all tied up in a classic web of mystery and deceit and leading to one particular macguffin: a prized Maltese falcon statuette. In addition, Jim redesigned this site in its entirety in late 2012. When Spade awakens, he returns to his office and tells the story of the Maltese Falcon to Effie. The film, notable for its cast, crisp dialogue, and dramatic cinematography, was Huston’s directorial debut. But that was about as easy as it was going to get. It's been painted black to hide its true worth. So much for happily ever after. The story does not end with a Star Wars/Independence Day “Yippee!” feeling. That evening Spade receives a phone call that both Archer and Thursby are dead. The first thing we agreed on turned out to be the easiest of the night: Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) was the Main Character. → The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Or he could be using Brigid to keep himself out of the hot seat with the cops. It has been updated to reflect changes in the terminology.). Even with Sydney Greenstreet frantically scraping away at the fake there’s a sense that there is still more story to tell. 45 quotes from The Maltese Falcon: ‘He looked rather pleasantly, like a blonde satan.’ ... 'I mean that you paid us more than if you'd been telling the truth,' he explained blandly, 'and enough more to make it all right.” ― Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon. But I believe I was confusing the Objective Story’s Concern with the Objective Story’s Goal. No better example of audience empathy than this! |