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Freytag's pyramid, the dramatic structure in literature

Just like life, some stories are difficult to understand. Whether you are reading a novel or watching a play or film, there are times when you have to apply certain methods to better understand what you are reading or watching. Gustav Freytag, a German novelist and critic of the nineteenth century, observed the similarity of plots so he created a pictorial tool to visually illustrate dramatic structure. Called Freytag’s Pyramid, he constructed a pattern in the form of a pyramid to analyze the plot structure of dramas. Freytag’s Pyramid : How to Analyze a Story Words You Need to Know Conflict: a problem that occurs in the story Tragedy: a story ending in death and sadness Analyze: to look at something very closely. According to Freytag, every story worth telling has the following parts: exposition (inciting incident), rising action, climax (turning point), falling action, and denouement (resolution). Freytag’s pyramid is used to...

C. Auguste Dupin, the original model for the detective in literature

Dupin is a Paris gentleman of leisure who for his own amusement uses “analysis” to help the police solve crimes. In the highly popular short stories “The murders in the Rue Morgue ” (1841) and "The Purloined letter" (1845), as well as the less-successful “ The Mystery of Marie Roget” (1845), Dupin is depicted as an eccentric , a reclusive amateur poet who prefers to work at night by candlelight Dupin, a man of genious, is perfeclty described as a typical detective in Literature. A literature in which a crime is introduced, investigated and needed to be revealed: “He derives pleasure from even the most trivial occupations bringing his talent into play. He is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, of hieroglyphics; exhibiting in his solutions of each a degree of acumen which appears to the ordinary apprehension præternatural” Dupin has a greater power of observation and a superior mind: “He make...

The Monroe doctrine, America for the americans

James Monroe introduced the Monroe Doctrine in 1823. The doctrine established the foreign policy of the United States regarding the Western Hemisphere for many years to come. President James Monroe by William James Hubbard What did the Monroe Doctrine say? The Monroe Doctrine had two major points. 1) That the United States would not allow European countries to start new colonies or to interfere with independent countries in the continents of North America or South America. 2) That the United States would not interfere with existing European colonies nor get involved with conflicts between European countries. Why did President Monroe establish this new doctrine? Many countries in South America had just gained their independence from European empires such as Spain and Portugal. At the same time, with the defeat of Napoleon in Europe, Madison was afraid that European nations would once again try to establish power in the Americas. Madison wanted to let Europe know ...

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