Plot Structure Of A Tragedy

Question 1

Exposition example

Answer 1

1500’s, Verona, capulets and montagues, feud between families

Question 2

Inciting force

Answer 2

An event that gets the story rolling, usually in the first Act

Question 3

Rising action

Answer 3

The series of events leading to the climax, mostly in act 2

Question 4

Rising action example

Answer 4

Romeo and Juliet fall in love and get married, tybalt challenges romeo to a dual

Question 5

Crisis/turning point

Answer 5

The protagonist loses advantage over enemy, and fatal flaw is made clear

Question 6

Crisis/turning point example

Answer 6

Romeo kills tybalt, he will never gain favor of the capulets, Romeos fatal flaw is impulsiveness

Question 7

Climax

Answer 7

The highest point of action

Question 8

Climax example

Answer 8

Romeo is exiled

Question 9

Falling action

Answer 9

The series of events after the climax, most events go against the hero

Question 10

Falling action example

Answer 10

Letter doesn’t reach romeo, romeo buys poison, Balthasar tells romeo that Juliet is dead, Juliet makes plan to drink poison and fake her death, marriage to Paris is arranged

Question 11

Moment of final suspense

Answer 11

Near the end of the play, when things look like they may turn in favor of the hero

Question 12

Moment of final suspense example

Answer 12

Romeo notices colour in Juliet’s face

Question 13

Catastrophe

Answer 13

An event that signals the complete downfall of the hero

Question 14

Catastrophe example

Answer 14

Romeo kills himself, Juliet wakes to find romeo dead and kills herself

Question 15

Denouement

Answer 15

Conflicts are resolved

Question 16

Denouement example

Answer 16

Friar Lawrence explains everything that happened

Question 17

Resolution

Answer 17

Order is restored, hope for future is evident

Question 18

Resolution example

Answer 18

Feud between families is ended, montagues say they will build a gold statue of Juliet, talk of guilty people being punished, romeo and Juliet are to be buried together

Question 19

Exposition

Answer 19

An introduction where the time, place, characters, and situation are presented