# Basic Story Structures * The Maiden Arc * Stakes: individuating from the tribe * Antagonist: Facing the predator and/or the too good mother * Theme: growing into potential power and responsibility * Examples * Ever After * Terminator * [Archetypal Character Arcs, Pt. 2: The Maiden Arc - Helping Writers Become Authors](https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/archetypal-character-arcs-pt-2-the-maiden-arc/) [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Basic+Story+Structures) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Basic+Story+Structures)