Structure
English Lit: AQA GCSE Much Ado About Nothing, topic 2.1.1
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:
Freytag's pyramid structure
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
Test yourself on Structure
Which German playwright and novelist categorised the dramatic structure of a comedy in a pyramid structure?
What genre of play does Gustav Freytag's pyramid structure map?
Dramatic Structure of a Comedy (Freytag)