Editing Plot device (section)

===Love triangle===
A frequently used plot mechanism in romances and dramas is the [[love triangle]], a conflict where two characters compete for the affection of a third character.<ref>from {{cite book|author1=Paul Virgil McCracken Flesher|author2=Robert Torry|title=Film and Religion: An Introduction|url=https://archive.org/details/filmreligionintr0000fles|url-access=registration|year=2007|publisher=Abingdon Press|isbn=978-0-687-33489-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/filmreligionintr0000fles/page/24 24]}}
*"Janine functions largely as a plot mechanism: as a foil for the two lovers, as a voyeur, and finally as an unwitting trigger of disaster when she leads in the Gestapo." from {{cite book|author=Thomas Waugh|title=The Fruit Machine: Twenty Years of Writings on Queer Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F1X3Sx77OdoC&pg=PA107|date=4 April 2000|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-2468-7|page=107}}</ref>