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Dramatic Structure
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Dramatic Structure
Exposition
Inciting
Incident
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Denouement
Climax
- A key moment of change in the action. Also the moment of highest tension.
- In a Shakespearean tragedy, this is the moment that the tragic figure begins his decline.
- Often, the moment of greatest tension
- Rising action builds towards climax
- Falling action builds from climax
- Things change for protagonist
- Comedy: Negative events exchanged for positive (things get better)
- Tragedy: Positive events exchanged for negative (things get worse)
- Basic conflict is complicated by secondary conflicts
- The story builds and becomes more exciting
Rising Action
Falling Action
- Events happen as a result of the climax
- Story heads towards its conclusion
- May contain a moment of final suspense (outcome still in doubt)
- Ends with Resolution
- Protagonist solves conflict (or someone else does it for her/him)
Dénouement
Catastrophe!
- A specific type of conclusion.
- The tragic ending in which tension is released and the hero suffers (often for an earlier choice that he made).
- This suffering is often compounded by the suffering of others important to the hero.
- Literally, “the untying” … thus, the unraveling or untying of a complex knot of events
- Comedy ends with characters better off than they are at outset; Tragedy ends with characters worse off than they are at outset
- Shakespearean tragedy usually ends in death
- Mysteries are solved, questions
are answered, and secrets are
revealed
Exposition
- Provides the background information necessary to understand the story
- Protagonist
- Antagonist
- Setting
- Basic Conflict
- Ends with Inciting Incident
- Single event that begins the action
Conflict
A conflict is a struggle between two or more forces. The struggle is integral and often a catalyst for the events of a literary work.
External
Internal
A struggle between opposing forces within a character, often involving a question of conscience, morality, emotions, etc.
A struggle between opposing forces that are outside the character’s control, such as with other people, societal structures, etc.
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