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Structure

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Dramatic Structure of Comedy

Much Ado About Nothing is a Shakespearean comedy, written c. 1598 - 99. The German playwright and novelist Gustav Freytag categorised the dramatic structure of a comedy utilising the following pyramid structure:

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Dramatic structure of a comedy

  • Much Ado About Nothing maps to Freytag's pyramid structure in the following way:
    • Act 1: Exposition
    • Act 2: Rising Action
    • Act 3: Climax
    • Act 4: Falling Action
    • Act 5: Resolution: denouement

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1Key Terminology

2Structure & Form

3Act 1: Plot Summary

4Act 2: Plot Summary

5Act 3: Plot Summary

5.1Act 3, Scene 1

5.2Act 3, Scene 2

5.3Act 3, Scene 3

5.4Act 3, Scene 4

5.5Act 3, Scene 5

6Act 4: Plot Summary

7Act 5: Plot Summary

7.1Act 5, Scene 1

7.2Act 5, Scene 2

7.3Act 5, Scene 3

7.4Act 5, Scene 4

8Key Themes

9Recap: Main Quotes

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