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Freytag’s Pyramid. By: Gabby Perlewitz. Adapted from Mrs. Barth’s lecture on Freytag’s Pyramid. General. Gustav Freytag developed this idea. Freytag’s Pyramid maps out the general plot structure of a story.
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Freytag’s Pyramid By: Gabby Perlewitz Adapted from Mrs. Barth’s lecture on Freytag’s Pyramid.
General Gustav Freytag developed this idea. Freytag’s Pyramid maps out the general plot structure of a story. Gustav was a Nineteenth Century German novelist who saw common patterns in the plots of stories and novels and developed a diagram to analyze them.
General Stories can start and stop in any place on Freytag’s Pyramid. Not every story has all five parts- Example: story could start right in the middle of the action, so it doesn’t have Exposition, but rather begins with the Rising Action. A story could also cut out right after the Climax, meaning it has no Falling Action or Resolution. The reader has to fill in the gaps using his/her imagination.
Exposition • The setting and mood or atmosphere are established at the beginning of the story. • We meet the main characters and learn about their positions, circumstances, and relationships to one another. • Part of the Exposition is the “Inciting Incident,” also called the “complication” or the “narrative hook.” • The Inciting Incident is the event that sets off the conflict that continues throughout the story.
Rising Action This is the series of events, conflicts, and crises in the story that lead up to the climax. Rising action provides the progressive intensity. Rising action also complicates the conflict.
Climax The turning point of the story. A crucial event takes place and from this point forward. The protagonist moves toward his/her inevitable end. The event may be either an action or a mental decision that the protagonist makes.
Falling Action The events occurring from the time of the climax to the end of the story. The main character may encounter more conflicts in this part of the story. Even if they do encounter more conflicts, the end is inevitable.
Resolution The includes the “Denouement”. Resolution is the tying up of loose ends and all of the threads in the story. It’s the conclusion. The protagonist either emerges triumphant or is defeated at this point. The Denouement- opposite of Exposition: instead of getting ready to tell us the story by introducing the setting and characters, the author is getting ready to end it with a final explanation of what actually happened and how the characters think or feel about it.
