Climax

Trifles gives a perfect example of a classical linear plot with exposition, an inciting incident, rising action, climax, and finally falling action. Although, most of the play takes place in the rising action the inciting incident and climax and climax are arguable the most important aspects of a play. In Trifles specifically where the inciting incident that spurs the action throughout the rest of the play has been up for interpretation since the play was written. I personally think that the…

Freytag’s Pyramid is a geometric shape used to visualise a typical plot structure. The left side slopping upwards depicts the introduction and rising action of the story until it reaches the peak, known as the climax, which is followed by a drop called the falling action or denouement (Brown and Yarbrough, 51). In Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, Claudio, a young noblemen, falls in love with a lady named Hero and they plan to be married. However the prince Don Pedro’s brother Don John,…

Dickens was the first that was created. The conflict of the play was that the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, thinks that Christmas is a “Bah Humbug.” He is now haunted by ghosts that are showing him his life from his past, present, and future. The climax was when the future ghost showed Ebenezer his tombstone which scared him out of his wits. To resolve the conflict of the play, the ghosts show him what will happen if he doesn’t learn to love Christmas and if he doesn’t start being charitable…

there are two or more forces opposing each other. Tension, or the rising action, can be defined as the building of the established conflict until it reaches the climax then resolution. The climax is when the opposing forces resolve their conflict. The resolution of a story is when order is restored and the outcome of the conflict and climax is made apparent. An example of a horror story that uses conflict and tension to generate fear is “The Man Upstairs” by Ray Bradbury. In Bradbury’s story, a…

humiliated by Claudio and Don Pedro. The order of events in Much Ado About Nothing was constructed by Shakespeare in a way that serves the plot in an order where Hero’s humiliation is the climax of the play, while Dogberry finding out the truth serves the falling action. The order of plot of Much Ado About Nothing makes the climax of the play effective in drawing out specific reactions—reactions that Shakespeare expects to get—from the…

revealed that she may still be alive. It is also revealed that someone has stolen Zeus's master bolt and Percy is a suspect due to who his father is. Percy and two of his friends go on a quest to find the master bolt and subsequently his mother. The climax of the story is when they go to the Underworld and meet Hades, the person they suspect to be behind the theft of the master bolt and the kidnapping of Percy’s mom. He is responsible for the latter, but it is then revealed that the master bolt…

times, the five-act play structure was developed and frequently used in tragedies. Although only four acts, the play, The Crucible by Arthur Miller, reflects the five act play structure in terms of plot division: an exposition, a rising action, a climax, a falling action, and a denouement. The exposition begins in Act I with the reader’s introduction to the main characters of the play, in addition to the setting and conflict. This act meticulously resembles the exposition of a traditional…

individuals possibly because of the environment or situation in which that individual may be in. Yet, scientists say that the key to an amazing sexual climax is not just about the physical interactions; orgasms can reached by “genital” and “nongenital” stimulation. Facts about women's orgasms inspire women to achieve orgasms, not that women did not want to reach climax before, but with the straight facts, women smile at the thought of orgasm satisfaction. Interestingly, the female orgasm can be…

The plot of the story is very intricate with its rise and fall of action as well as its multiple smaller climaxes besides the main climax. The story begins with assigning Heyward the mission to reunite the two girls Cora and Alice with their father at Fort William Henry, and with the aid of Magua as their guide. Heyward’s party runs into Hawkeye’s and they join forces but it is found that Magua is a traitor when he has lead Heyward astray. The men stage an unsuccessful attempt to capture Magua,…

some events are used to provide information about the setting and some background information, other events can help the story reach its conclusion. The plot of a story usually has 5 parts: beginning with the exposition, then the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution which is the ending of a story. The development of the plot can be explained using the story The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs. The exposition usually introduces the characters and the setting for the…