ɹᵻnˈeɪ lə bˈɔsuː, ɐ sˈɛvəntˌiːnθsˈɛntʃɚɹi fɹˈɛntʃ kɹˈɪɾɪk, dᵻvˈaɪdz ðə kɐtˈæstɹəfi, æt lˈiːst wɪð ɹᵻɡˈɑːɹdz tʊ ˈɛpɪks, ˌɪntʊ ðɪ ʌnɹˈævəlɪŋ, ɔːɹ deɪnˈuːmɔ̃, ænd ðə fˈɪnɪʃɪŋ, ɔːɹ ɐtʃˈiːvmənt; ðə lˈæɾɚ ʌvwˈɪtʃ hiː mˌeɪks ðə ɹɪzˈʌlt ʌvðə fˈɔːɹmɚ, ænd tə kənsˈɪst ɪnðə hˈiəɹoʊz pˈæsɪdʒ ˌaʊɾəv ɐ stˈeɪt ʌv tɹˈʌbəl ænd ˌædʒɪtˈeɪʃən, tə ɹˈɛst ænd kwˈaɪət.
René Le Bossu, a 17th-century French critic, divides the catastrophe, at least with regards to epics, into the unravelling, or denouement, and the finishing, or achievement; the latter of which he makes the result of the former, and to consist in the hero's passage out of a state of trouble and agitation, to rest and quiet.