Daring enterprise

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Description

Elements

A Bold leader
An Object
An Adversary

Summary

Variants

preparations for war

war
a combat

carrying off a desired person or object
recapture of a desired object

adventurous expeditions
adventure undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a beloved woman

Discussion

Daring is an attribute of the young adult (particularly the male) who prove themselves, perhaps by acts of ritual and rites of passage, as worthy of esteem and thus being allowed to belong to a higher level within the group.

Watching others acting in daring and courageous ways either inspires us to face our own demons or gives us a vicarious release.

'Daring enterprise' is the 9th of Georges Polti's 36 Dramatic Situations.