Denouement

Denouement

Also called "falling action", it is the part of the play following the climax, during which events and conflicts are brought to their final resolution.

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denouement

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The final resolution of aliterary or dramatic plot (qv), or the resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences; derived from "untie the knot". Compare climax, catastrophe, kicker; ...

denouement

Education; SAT vocabulary

That part of a play or story in which the mystery is cleared up.

denouement

Performing arts; Theatre

Also called "falling action", it is the part of the play following the climax, during which events and conflicts are brought to their final resolution.

denouement

Literature; Fiction

The resolution of the plot of a literary work.

denouement

Literature; General literature

A French word meaning "the unknotting." In literary criticism, it denotes the resolution of conflict in fiction or drama. The denouement follows the climax and provides an outcome ...

coup de théâtre

Performing arts; Theatre

A sudden, surprising turn of events that gives a new twist to the plot of a play.

agon

Performing arts; Theatre

The contest or dispute between two characters which forms a major part of the action in the Greek old comedy of Aristophanes.

anagnorisis

Performing arts; Theatre

The Greek word for 'recognition' or 'discovery', used by Aristotle in his Poetics to denote the turning point in a drama at which a character (usually the protagonist) recognizes ...

anti-masque

Performing arts; Theatre

A comic and grotesque piece of clowning that sometimes preceded the performance of a masque.

academic drama

Performing arts; Theatre

A dramatic tradition which arose from the Renaissance, in which the works of Plautus, Terence and other ancient dramatists were performed in schools and colleges.

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The Colosseum is the most extensive and most magnificent in the amphitheatres of ancient Rome, begun by Vespasian and completed in AD 80 by Titus. It rose in Rome, near the palace ...

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