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Author: ChaoticQueen

Aug 26th 2013 at 3:51:30 AM

I think ReturnToGlory might be a better trope name. The proposed name only gives the ashes-to-glory step, and doesn't imply the fall.

I also have two questions that need to be answered, both which can use Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo as an example:

Does the amplitude of the movements matter? Dantes is solidly middle class, tossed in prison, and returns as high society. In other words, should this be limited to (say) king->beggar->king, or does merchant->beggar->king work as well? I think the first fall and the subsequent rise should be of similar value, though not necessarily equivalent.

The other question is if this should be viewed as a plot or as a pattern. Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo has this as a pattern, but not as the plot. Ie, does the work treat the building back and return as a topic in and of itself.

Literature:

* Part of the main theme of ''[[Literature/VorkosiganSaga Memory]]'' by Creator/LosMcMasterBujold. Miles screws up, lies about it, is caught, and stripped off most everything he values. Then he finds a mystery to unravel, and manages to both really find himself and get a new job requiring even more responsibility.

Real Life:

* NapoleonBonaparte defines this trope. He rose from a very minor Corsican noble family to general and emperor, then all of the old European elites united to depose him, and exiled him on the island of Elbe. He escapes and re-installs himself as emperor in just a few days - basically the time to travel from Elbe to Paris.