What character motivation advances the plot?
be
this motivation moves the rising action toward what
event?
the physician douban entered the hall and bowed low to
the ground. the king, seeing him, called him, made him
sit by his side, and showed him every mark of honour.
that evening he gave him a long and rich robe of state,
and presented him with two thousand sequins. the
following day he continued to load him with favours.
now the king had a grand-vizir who was avaricious, and
envious, and a very bad man. he grew extremely jealous
of the physician, and determined to bring about his ruin.
-"the story of the greek king and the physician
douban,"
andrew lang