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Dramatic Structure. Steps to the well made play. Exposition / Prologue. Information that sets the scene. We meet characters and become familiar with what has happened up to the beginning of the play. We are introduced to the plot. Events that give background information about the characters.
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Dramatic Structure Steps to the well made play
Exposition / Prologue • Information that sets the scene. • We meet characters and become familiar with what has happened up to the beginning of the play. • We are introduced to the plot. • Events that give background information about the characters
Point of Attack / Inciting Incident • The conflict or problem of the play is introduced at the point of attack. • The protagonist takes their first action against the conflict at the inciting incident. • The first event that suggests there will be a change in the atmosphere
Rising Action/Complication • The protagonist tries to find ways to solve or end the conflict (discovery), but the conflict continues due to another obstacle (reversal). • The antagonist may set up blocks which prevent the conflict from being solved. • Additional events in the play, where complications take place
Crisis / Climax • The moment in the play when the conflict is addressed. • The protagonist either succeeds or fails but the conflict is ended. • All moments of the play lead up to this point. • Often it is the point of the most tension for the audience. • The highest point of emotional intensity
Falling Action or Denouement • The moments after the climax of the play where the plot resolved itself. • Loose ends are tied up and the storylines other than the main plot are ended. • Brief events after the climax
Conclusion / Epilogue • The play ends. We are left with some information on what may have happened next “They lived happily forever” or “Dad went on to become president of his company.”
