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Climax

Act III

Introduction

This is the point of greatest excitement and suspense. There is a reversal of fortune and the plot falls towards the character's defeat.

Shakespeare's tragedies have 5 Acts and a varying number of scenes in each Act.

Each Act has a specific function in the play and contains the following 6 elements.

Falling Action

Rising Action

Act II

The characters make moves and counter moves that propel the action forward and intensifies the suspense.

"The plot thickens"

The progression events that come from the crisis and lead to the catastrophe, which is the tragic character's ultimate downfall. A bit of suspense is maintained as the audience wonders how the the final event will play out.

Tragic Flaw

The tragic hero makes errors in judgement because of the hero's tragic flaw.

Glimpse of

Restored Order

Exciting Force

Catastrophe

Act V

This is an incident that sets in motion the conflict and sets in motion the rising action of the play.

The tragic fall, usually the death, of the hero (and often of his opponents as well) comes with an unavoidable outgrowth of the action" (Harmon, 172). The catastrophe often leads to the conclusion of the tragedy.

Exposition

Act I

-Setting and mood are established in I:i.

-"hook"

-Characters' relationships to each other are established.

-Rarely is the tragic figure introduced in initial scene.

The Stage

Central stage had no curtain and very little for props to the audience had to depend on the dialogue to provide clues for time and place.

Structure of Shakespeare's Tragedy

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