Delilah and Samson, Guinevere and King Arthur, Lady Macbeth and Banquo, Lucy Westenra and Jonathan Harker— all provide narrative examples of the duplicitous female and the single-hearted male.

Most primates have a tail and fangs.

First-generation Lears are beasts to fly.

What has also been a long-standing narrative from the point of view of fans is how Scandal has been profoundly silent on the issue of race, particularly in the portrayal of Olitz.