Title: Dramatic structure - Wikipedia
Headings: Dramatic structure
Dramatic structure
Contents
History
Aristotle's analysis
Freytag's analysis
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Catastrophe
Northrop Frye's dramatic structure
A U-shaped pattern
An inverted U-shaped structure
Criticism
See also
Notes
References
External links

Content: There is a knot, a central problem that the protagonist must face. The play has two parts: complication and unravelling. During complication, the protagonist finds trouble as the knot is revealed or tied; during unraveling, the knot is resolved. Two types of scenes are of special interest: the reversal, which throws the action in a new direction, and the recognition, meaning the protagonist has an important revelation. Reversals should happen as a necessary and probable cause of what happened before, which implies that turning points need to be properly set up. Complications should arise from a flaw in the protagonist. In the tragedy, this flaw will be his undoing.