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[complex structure: lots of repetitions of Hero's Journey elements and many antagonists to deal with].
FADE IN: the antagonism: Tessa and Arnold are murdered.
Meeting the Shape Shifter: Sandy.
Herald (Shape Shifter) brings Call to Adventure to the Hero: Sandy tells Justin Tessa and Arnold are dead.
Flashback: Polarization of Hero and Romantic Challenge: Tessa heckling Justin.
Resisting the First Threshold: Justin hesitant to go into Tessa's apartment.
First Threshold: Justin and Tessa in bed.
Inner Cave: Justin identifies Tessa's body.
Physical Separation: Tessa asks to be taken to Africa.
The Creatures of the World of the Transformation: Africa and the performance.
Magical Gift: Tessa gets the baby present.
Meeting the Supernatural Aid / Mentor: Arnold.
Mentor leads deeper into the Journey: Arnold leads Tessa and gives the sick lady some medicine. Aids referenced.
Mentor guides: Arnold fusses over Tessa.
Trial 1: Tessa gets the email message; Justin tests her about Nairobi Hotel.
Meeting the Antagonist: Bernard Pellegrin, Dr Joshua Ngaba and Kenneth Curtis et al at the party.
Warnings: Justin wants Tessa to stay at home, at least until the bay is born.
Trial 2: Tessa argues with Dr Joshua Ngaba et al.
Warnings: Sandy tells Justin to control Tessa.
Shape Shifter attempts to conquer Hero's Romantic Challenge: Sandy hits on Tessa.
Trial 3: Arnold tells Tess that the Africans are only given medicines if they agree to be guinea pigs.
Establishing the Journey to the Sword: Tessa loses the baby; asks Sandy if he will push the information she and Arnold will retrieve.
Foreshadow of ACT III: Justin and Tessa see Lorbeer.
Pulled Back: Justin has to think of Tess first; they go back to England.
Reminder of the Inner Challenge: Tessa erupts over the pesticide; Arnold tells Justin he has to trust Tessa.
Inner Challenge: Justin checking up on Tessa (who's she conversing with on the video link).
Romantic Challenge: Justin wants Tessa and Arnold to stop whatever they're doing.
Shape Shifter in league with the Antagonist: Sandy talking to Kenny over the phone.
Seizing the Sword: Tessa gets the letter off Sandy.
Rebirth through Death: Tessa murdered at Loki; the police and news reports.
Reward: Justin finds Sandy's letter to Tessa.
Resistance to Losing the Old Self: Justin doesn't allow them to pour concrete; nothing can grow in concrete.
Pulled toward the Apotheosis: the child leaves a card at Tessa's grave.
Atonement with the Father; conquering the Romantic Challenge: Ghita tells Justin that Arnold was gay.
Resistance to the Apotheosis: no records in the hospital.
Apotheosis: Justin discovers that the Africans are being used as guinea pigs.
Refusal of the Return: Justin refuses to not get involved now;; knows Sandy is lying; asks Ghita what is going on.
Developing the Antagonist: we meet Kenny Curtiss playing golf.
Hero's character change: Justin confronts Kenny.
Magic Flight: Justin forced home.
Obstacle to the Rescue: Justin's passport taken away.
Threshold Guardian: the doorman at the club.
Rescue from Without: we meet Bernard Pellegrin in London; Justin realises there is another letter; meeting Tess' cousin, breaking into her files; memories.
Crossing the Return Threshold: Justin travels to Germany to meet Birgit; he has to finish what she started; "welcome to my World;" Justin in changed clothing. Conquering his Inner Challenge: admitting that he lost his faith in her.
Shape Shifter turns: Sandy against Justin now that he has escaped with a false passport.
Pushed towards the Final Conflict: Meeting with Birgit; she tells him to go back to Africa.
Foreshadow of the Freedom to Live: Sandy goes over how the Dr was tortured; Allies challenge overcome: Ghita stands up to Sandy.
Travelling to the Final Conflict: beginning in Kenya.
Master of Two Worlds: Confronting the Shape Shifter (Sandy); Shape Shifter reveals himself.
Confronting the Antagonist 1: Kenny:'s bankrupt. Foreshadow of the Freedom to Live: Kenny shows Justin Tessa's grave. Foreshadow of the downfall of antagonist 3: Kenny wants Pellegrin's head.
Confronting Antagonist 2: confronting Donahue. Warnings about the Final Confrontation: Donahue tells Justin how the Dr was crucified.
Danger travelling to the Place of the Final Confrontation: Justin goes to see Lorbeer.
Time Pressure: the hunters arrive.
Inner Challenge overcome: "but this is one we can save…"
Freedom to Live: Justin allows himself to be butchered.Buy the Complete Hero's Journey...more than 188 stages of the journey you need to know about...
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