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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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