Freytag's Pyramid

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Freytag's Pyramid

Description

Gustav Freytag analyzed the structure of ancient Greek and Shakespearean plays, dividing them into five acts: the exposition, which provides background information such as the identities of the protagonist, the antagonist, and other supporting characters, the setting, and the basic conflict; the rising action, which, set into motion by an inciting moment, complicates the basic conflict; a turning point, or climax, which reverses the direction of the plot so that the story ultimately becomes either a comedy or a tragedy; the falling action, which unravels the conflict and may or may not end in a moment of final suspense during which the story's outcome becomes a matter of doubt; and either a resolution or denouement (comedy) or a catastrophe (tragedy).

Designer

Gary L. Pullman

Date

2011

Bibliographic Citation

Pullman, G. L. (n.d.). Putting Freytag’s pyramid to use in charting your own (and others’) stories. Putting Freytag’s Pyramid To Use In Charting Your Own (And Others’) Stories. https://writinghorrorfiction.blogspot.com/2011/03/putting-freytags-pyramid-to-use-in.html

Freytag, G. (1863). Die technik des dramas.

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