A13. Map to Yorke's five acts. AI
Story and structure. One line per book. Open a book for the full answer, charts and cited lines.
| Book | Genre | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Treasure Island | Thriller and adventure | Act One (Chs 1 to 6): exposition and inciting incident. Act Two (Chs 7 to 15): voyage and discovery of mutiny. Act Three (Chs 16 to 21): stockade defence. Act Four (Chs 22 to 32): Jim's sea adventure and treasure hunt. Act Five … |
| The Thirty-Nine Steps | Thriller and adventure | Not a feature of this book. Yorke's five act structure is designed for plays and screenplays. This novel uses ten chapters as its structural unit. |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Thriller and adventure | Yorke's five acts: Act One (Ch 1 to 3, setup and inciting incident), Act Two (Ch 4 to 7, rising action and impersonation), Act Three (Ch 8 to 13, complications and midpoint crisis), Act Four (Ch 14 to 19, climax and rescue), Act … |
| Around the World in Eighty Days | Thriller and adventure | Yorke's five acts: Act One (Ch 1 to 4, Fogg hires Passepartout and makes wager); Act Two (Ch 5 to 18, journey to Hong Kong with Fix pursuing); Act Three (Ch 19 to 24, separation and reunion in Japan); Act Four (Ch 25 to 34, … |
| King Solomon's Mines | Thriller and adventure | Act One (1 to 3): Setup and agreement. Act Two (4 to 11): Journey and revelation of Ignosi's claim. Act Three (12 to 14): Battle and Twala's defeat. Act Four (15 to 18): Treasure quest and entombment. Act Five (19 to 20): Escape … |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Crime and mystery | Act One (Ch1 to 3): exposition and curse revealed. Act Two (Ch4 to 6): threat escalates in London and arrival at Hall. Act Three (Ch7 to 11): investigation and discovery of secrets. Act Four (Ch12 to 13): crisis and trap … |
| A Study in Scarlet | Crime and mystery | Act One (Ch 1 to 2): Watson meets Holmes. Act Two (Ch 3 to 7): London murder investigation. Act Three (Ch 8 to 12): Utah backstory and Hope's loss. Act Four (Ch 13): Hope's confession. Act Five (Ch 14): Resolution and … |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Crime and mystery | This collection does not fit Yorke's five-act structure. Each chapter is a complete short story with its own arc. There is no unified five-act progression across the twelve cases. |
| The Moonstone | Crime and mystery | Yorke's five acts map as: Act One (Chapters 1 to 15, setup and theft); Act Two (Chapters 16 to 27, investigation and Rosanna's death); Act Three (Chapters 28 to 41, Rachel's secret and nightgown discovery); Act Four (Chapters … |
| The Woman in White | Crime and mystery | Act One (c1 to 9): Walter hired, meets woman in white, falls in love with Laura, learns of her engagement. Act Two (c10 to 27): Investigation of Percival and Anne Catherick, marriage occurs, conspiracy deepens. Act Three … |
| Pride and Prejudice | Romance | Act One (1 to 15): exposition and inciting incident. Act Two (16 to 34): rising action with Wickham's deception and Darcy's proposal. Act Three (35 to 46): turning point with letter revelation and Lydia's crisis. Act Four … |
| Persuasion | Romance | Act One (Ch 1 to 3): Financial crisis and Wentworth's connection established; Act Two (Ch 4 to 12): Anne and Wentworth's painful proximity and Louisa's accident; Act Three (Ch 13 to 18): Anne in Bath, Benwick's engagement … |
| Emma | Romance | Act One (Chapters 1 to 7): Emma's world and Harriet match. Act Two (Chapters 8 to 30): Elton's deception and Frank's arrival. Act Three (Chapters 31 to 43): Confusion about Frank and Jane, Box Hill crisis. Act Four (Chapters … |
| Jane Eyre | Romance | Act One (Chapters 1 to 10): Jane's childhood and education at Gateshead and Lowood. Act Two (Chapters 11 to 23): Jane arrives at Thornfield and falls in love with Rochester. Act Three (Chapters 24 to 27): The wedding and its … |
| Dracula | Gothic and horror | Act One (Chapters 1 to 4): Jonathan's captivity and escape. Act Two (Chapters 5 to 13): Lucy's illness and death. Act Three (Chapters 14 to 18): The band unites and learns the truth. Act Four (Chapters 19 to 23): The hunt for … |
| Frankenstein | Gothic and horror | Yorke's five acts: Act 1 (Walton and Victor's background, Ch 1 to 7); Act 2 (creation and first consequences, Ch 8 to 12); Act 3 (creature's education and demand, Ch 14 to 21); Act 4 (Victor's failed bargain and pursuit, Ch … |
| Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Gothic and horror | Act One: Chapters 1 to 3 establish mystery. Act Two: Chapters 4 to 6 escalate through murder and Lanyon's involvement. Act Three: Chapters 7 to 8 reach crisis. Act Four: Chapter 9 reveals truth through Lanyon. Act Five: … |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Gothic and horror | Act One (Ch 1 to 2): Exposition and inciting incident. Act Two (Ch 3 to 12): Rising action through Sibyl and Basil. Act Three (Ch 13 to 14): Climactic murder and disposal. Act Four (Ch 15 to 19): Falling action with James Vane … |
| Wuthering Heights | Gothic and horror | Act One (Chs 1 to 4): Lockwood's arrival and Nelly's narrative begins. Act Two (Chs 5 to 15): Catherine's love triangle and marriage to Edgar. Act Three (Chs 16 to 20): Catherine's death and young Catherine's childhood. Act … |
| The Turn of the Screw | Gothic and horror | Act One (Chapters 1 to 3): arrival and bonding. Act Two (Chapters 4 to 14): discovery of apparitions and theory. Act Three (Chapters 15 to 20): confrontation and isolation. Act Four (Chapters 21 to 23): final separation. Act … |
| The Time Machine | Science fiction | Not a feature of this book. The five-act structure does not map cleanly onto this narrative, which uses a frame story with embedded first-person account rather than traditional dramatic acts. |
| The War of the Worlds | Science fiction | Act One (1 to 8): Setup and discovery. Act Two (9 to 15): Invasion and military collapse. Act Three (16 to 21): Survival and imprisonment. Act Four (22 to 24): Exploration of devastated world. Act Five (25 to 27): Discovery of … |
| The Invisible Man | Science fiction | Act One (Ch 1 to 7): Exposition and inciting incident. Act Two (Ch 8 to 16): Rising action with Marvel and pursuit. Act Three (Ch 17 to 23): Midpoint revelation and Griffin's backstory. Act Four (Ch 24 to 27): Climax and siege. … |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Fantasy and children's | This book does not fit Yorke's five-act structure. It is a 12-chapter children's fantasy without formal act divisions or the rising action, climax, and denouement of classical drama. |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Fantasy and children's | Act One: separation (Ch 1 to 2). Act Two: gathering companions and journey (Ch 3 to 11). Act Three: Witch conflict (Ch 12 to 13). Act Four: seeking Glinda (Ch 14 to 22). Act Five: return home (Ch 23 to 24). Yorke's five-act … |
| The Secret Garden | Fantasy and children's | Act One (ch 1 to 4): Mary orphaned and arrives at manor, learns of locked garden. Act Two (ch 5 to 12): Mary finds key and door, meets Dickon, begins restoration, meets uncle. Act Three (ch 13 to 17): Colin discovered, … |
| The Wind in the Willows | Fantasy and children's | The book does not fit Yorke's five-act structure cleanly. It is episodic rather than dramatically structured with clear act breaks. |
| Great Expectations | Literary | Yorke's five acts: Act One (1 to 18, Pip's childhood and shame), Act Two (19 to 39, London education and false expectations), Act Three (40 to 54, revelation and moral crisis), Act Four (55 to 57, consequences and loss), Act … |
| A Christmas Carol | Literary | Act I (Stave I): Scrooge rejects Christmas and meets Marley. Act II (Staves II-III): spirits show past and present. Act III (Stave IV): future revealed, climax reached. Act IV (Stave V): resolution and new life. No … |
| The Great Gatsby | Literary | Act One (Ch 1 to 2): setup and mystery. Act Two (Ch 3 to 5): pursuit and reunion. Act Three (Ch 6 to 7): confrontation and crisis. Act Four (Ch 8): climax and death. Act Five (Ch 9): resolution and reflection. |
| Heart of Darkness | Literary | The book does not map to Yorke's five acts. It uses a three chapter structure with a frame narrator, not a five act dramatic form. The narrative is novelistic and introspective rather than theatrical. |
| Kidnapped | Thriller and adventure | Act One (Ch 1 to 6): David seeks inheritance, is kidnapped. Act Two (Ch 7 to 16): David enslaved, meets Alan, shipwrecked. Act Three (Ch 17 to 22): David hunted fugitive, flees with Alan. Act Four (Ch 23 to 28): David recovers, … |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Thriller and adventure | Yorke's five acts: Act One (Ch 1 to 7, setup and betrayal); Act Two (Ch 8 to 24, imprisonment and discovery); Act Three (Ch 25 to 62, infiltration and revenge begin); Act Four (Ch 63 to 96, revenge accelerates and backfires); … |
| The Three Musketeers | Thriller and adventure | Yorke's five acts map as: Act One (Chapters 1 to 6, D'Artagnan arrives and bonds with Musketeers); Act Two (Chapters 7 to 22, diamond studs mission); Act Three (Chapters 23 to 42, Milady's seduction and vendetta); Act Four … |
| The Riddle of the Sands | Thriller and adventure | Act One (Ch 1 to 8): Carruthers joins Davies and learns of Dollmann's treachery. Act Two (Ch 9 to 16): They investigate the Frisian channels and meet von Brüning. Act Three (Ch 17 to 21): They plan and execute the Memmert … |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Thriller and adventure | The book does not fit Yorke's five-act structure cleanly. Act One (Chapters 1 to 7) establishes the Pimpernel and Marguerite's marriage; Act Two (Chapters 8 to 15) introduces Chauvelin's blackmail and the ball; Act Three … |
| The Lost World | Thriller and adventure | Act One (ch 1 to 5): Malone rejected, meets Challenger, joins expedition. Act Two (ch 6 to 9): Travel to plateau, become trapped. Act Three (ch 10 to 12): Explore, companions vanish. Act Four (ch 13 to 14): Rescue and battle. … |
| Captain Blood | Thriller and adventure | Act One (Chapters 1 to 4): arrest, trial, transportation. Act Two (Chapters 5 to 18): slavery, escape, piracy, building reputation. Act Three (Chapters 19 to 21): midpoint rejection, acceptance of commission. Act Four … |
| Lady Audley's Secret | Crime and mystery | Act One (Chapters 1 to 10): Setup of Lucy's marriage, George's return, his disappearance. Act Two (Chapters 11 to 23): Robert's investigation deepens, Clara enters. Act Three (Chapters 24 to 29): Robert gathers proof, … |
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Crime and mystery | The story does not fit Yorke's five acts cleanly. It follows a simpler structure: Act 1 (Section 1, setup), Act 2 (Sections 2 to 3, investigation), Act 3 (Section 4, revelation), Act 4 (Section 5, resolution). |
| The Innocence of Father Brown | Crime and mystery | The book does not map to Yorke's five acts. Each of the 26 stories is self-contained with its own exposition, rising action, climax, and resolution, not a single five-act structure. |
| The Big Bow Mystery | Crime and mystery | The book maps loosely to Yorke's five acts: Act One (Ch 1 to 3 discovery and inquest), Act Two (Ch 4 to 7 investigation and suspicion), Act Three (Ch 8 to 9 arrest and escape), Act Four (Ch 10 to 11 trial and countdown), Act … |
| The Leavenworth Case | Crime and mystery | Act One: Chapters 2 to 13 (murder, inquest, Eleanore suspected). Act Two: Chapters 14 to 25 (Clavering investigated, Mary revealed as bride). Act Three: Chapters 26 to 33 (Hannah found dead, confession examined). Act Four: … |
| The Red Thumb Mark | Crime and mystery | Act One (Ch1 to 2): Setup and inciting incident. Act Two (Ch3 to 10): Investigation and rising complications. Act Three (Ch11 to 15): Assassination attempts and trial. Act Four (Ch16): Climax and reversal. Act Five (Ch17): … |
| The Amateur Cracksman | Crime and mystery | Not a feature of this book. Yorke's five-act structure assumes a clear turning point at the midpoint and rising action toward climax. This book has episodic crimes with a negative arc that does not fit the five-act … |
| The Secret Agent | Crime and mystery | Not a feature of this book. The novel does not conform to Yorke's five-act structure. It uses thirteen chapters in a continuous arc rather than formal acts. |
| Sense and Sensibility | Romance | Act One (Chapters 1 to 8): Dashwoods lose Norland and settle at Barton; Elinor's attachment to Edward is established. Act Two (Chapters 9 to 22): Marianne meets Willoughby; Lucy reveals her engagement to Edward. Act Three … |
| North and South | Romance | Act One (1 to 6): setup in Helstone and move decision. Act Two (7 to 21): arrival in Milton, family crisis, strike begins. Act Three (22 to 35): riot, rejection, mother's death, Frederick's escape, Margaret's lie. Act Four … |
| Far from the Madding Crowd | Romance | Act One (1 to 6): Gabriel meets Bathsheba, proposes, loses his farm, finds work with her. Act Two (7 to 23): Boldwood's obsession grows from the valentine. Act Three (24 to 43): Troy seduces and marries Bathsheba; Fanny dies. … |
| The Enchanted April | Romance | Yorke's five acts: Act One (Chapters 1 to 4, setup and decision); Act Two (Chapters 5 to 11, arrival and settling); Act Three (Chapters 12 to 16, integration and deepening); Act Four (Chapters 17 to 21, complications and … |
| The Sheik | Romance | Not a feature of this book. The novel does not map cleanly to Yorke's five-act structure; it uses ten chapters with a continuous arc rather than discrete acts. |
| Daddy Long Legs | Romance | The book maps to Yorke's five acts: Act One (Chapters 1 to 3, inciting incident and college entry), Act Two (Chapters 4 to 7, rising action and midpoint), Act Three (Chapters 8 to 10, complications and crisis), Act Four … |
| Carmilla | Gothic and horror | Act one (ch 1 to 3): Laura meets Carmilla. Act two (ch 4 to 8): Laura falls ill. Act three (ch 9 to 13): General arrives and reveals truth. Act four (ch 14): Carmilla exposed. Act five (ch 15 to 16): Vampire destroyed and … |
| The Castle of Otranto | Gothic and horror | Yorke's five acts do not map cleanly. The book is structured as five chapters, not five acts. Act 1 (exposition and inciting incident) spans Chapter 1; Act 2 (rising action) spans Chapters 2 to 3; Act 3 (midpoint) is … |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Gothic and horror | Act One (1 to 4): Ghost rumours and demands. Act Two (5 to 12): Raoul pursues Christine and discovers Erik. Act Three (13 to 17): Managers investigate and Christine vanishes. Act Four (18 to 25): Rescue attempt and … |
| The Great God Pan | Gothic and horror | Act One: Raymond's experiment and its aftermath (Ch1 to 2). Act Two: Villiers discovers Helen's destructive influence (Ch3 to 4). Act Three: Helen's identities and the suicide epidemic emerge (Ch5 to 6). Act Four: Villiers … |
| The Yellow Wallpaper | Gothic and horror | This story does not map to Yorke's five acts. It is too short and lacks the structural complexity of that model. The three-section structure is simpler than five-act form. |
| The Call of Cthulhu | Gothic and horror | Not a feature of this book. Yorke's five acts require a clear turning point and climactic reversal. This story builds steadily through four sections without a structural turning point that reverses the protagonist's … |
| The Island of Doctor Moreau | Science fiction | Act one (1 to 6): shipwreck and arrival. Act two (7 to 13): discovery and negotiation. Act three (14 to 18): Moreau's death and collapse. Act four (19 to 20): survival alone. Act five (21 to 22): escape and aftermath. |
| Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Science fiction | Act One (Ch 1 to 8): discovery and preparation. Act Two (Ch 9 to 22): journey to Iceland and descent into earth. Act Three (Ch 23 to 26): separation, madness, and sea discovery. Act Four (Ch 27 to 37): exploration of underground … |
| A Princess of Mars | Science fiction | Act One (Ch 1 to 3): Carter's death and arrival on Mars. Act Two (Ch 4 to 14): Integration into Thark society and romance with Dejah Thoris. Act Three (Ch 15 to 20): Escape, capture, and survival in Warhoon. Act Four (Ch … |
| Herland | Science fiction | This book does not fit Yorke's five acts. It lacks the structural divisions of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution. Instead it moves through discovery, understanding, integration and … |
| Flatland | Science fiction | Yorke's five acts map as: Act One (1 to 12, exposition of Flatland's order), Act Two (13 to 16, the Square meets the Sphere), Act Three (17 to 20, the Square learns three dimensions), Act Four (21 to 24, the Square seeks higher … |
| Erewhon | Science fiction | Act One (Ch 1 to 4): exposition and crossing the threshold. Act Two (Ch 5 to 16): discovery and love. Act Three (Ch 17 to 21): deepening knowledge and crisis. Act Four (Ch 22 to 27): education and philosophy. Act Five (Ch … |
| The Last Man | Science fiction | Act One (Chapters 1 to 4): Lionel's degradation and Adrian's arrival transform him. Act Two (Chapters 5 to 11): love, marriage, Raymond's ambition, and his death in Constantinople. Act Three (Chapters 12 to 19): plague … |
| Through the Looking Glass | Fantasy and children's | Yorke's five acts map as: Act One (Chapters 1 to 2, setup and quest); Act Two (Chapters 3 to 5, journey and midpoint); Act Three (Chapters 6 to 8, encounters and allies); Act Four (Chapter 9, climax and chaos); Act Five … |
| A Little Princess | Fantasy and children's | Act One (Ch 1 to 6): Sara's privileged life and separation from father. Act Two (Ch 7 to 13): Fall to servitude and assertion of inner dignity. Act Three (Ch 14 to 16): Mystery of benefactor deepens, feast discovered. Act … |
| The Jungle Book | Fantasy and children's | The book does not map to Yorke's five acts. It is a collection of linked stories, each with its own arc. Mowgli's story occupies chapters 1 to 8; the other tales are separate narratives. |
| Five Children and It | Fantasy and children's | This book does not fit Yorke's five act structure. It has no clear exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Instead it cycles through eleven wishes with a final resolution only in Chapter 11. |
| The Railway Children | Fantasy and children's | Act One (Ch 1 to 2): family loses comfort, discovers railway. Act Two (Ch 3 to 9): children help strangers and friends, grow in confidence. Act Three (Ch 10): Father's secret revealed, Bobbie's burden. Act Four (Ch 11 to 13): … |
| The Princess and the Goblin | Fantasy and children's | Act One (Chapters 1 to 6): world and inciting incident. Act Two (Chapters 7 to 20): investigation and discovery. Act Three (Chapters 21 to 24): partnership and belief. Act Four (Chapters 25 to 27): crisis and battle. Act Five … |
| Peter and Wendy | Fantasy and children's | Act One (Ch 1 to 3): Peter arrives and takes children to Neverland. Act Two (Ch 4 to 8): Children settle and face dangers. Act Three (Ch 9 to 12): Domestic life and capture. Act Four (Ch 13 to 15): Rescue and final battle. Act … |
| The Worm Ouroboros | Fantasy and children's | The book maps to Yorke's five acts: Act One (1 to 13, exposition and challenge), Act Two (14 to 25, quest and discovery), Act Three (26 to 41, obstacles and allies), Act Four (42 to 53, climax and victory), Act Five (54 to 56, … |
| Anne of Green Gables | Fantasy and children's | Yorke's five acts map as: Act One (Chapters 1 to 6, Anne arrives and is accepted), Act Two (Chapters 7 to 18, Anne integrates into community and school), Act Three (Chapters 19 to 28, Anne's imagination causes trouble and she … |
| Black Beauty | Fantasy and children's | Act One (ch 1 to 4): exposition and inciting incident at Birtwick. Act Two (ch 5 to 21): rising action and relationships deepening, ending with separation. Act Three (ch 22 to 31): complications and decline through multiple … |
| Middlemarch | Literary | Act One (ch 1 to 13): Dorothea meets and accepts Casaubon; Lydgate arrives. Act Two (ch 14 to 43): marriages form; disillusionment begins; Casaubon's illness revealed. Act Three (ch 44 to 63): Casaubon dies; codicil forbids … |
| Tess of the d'Urbervilles | Literary | Yorke's five acts map as: Act One (Chapters 1 to 11, Tess's fall), Act Two (Chapters 12 to 32, courtship at Talbothays), Act Three (Chapters 33 to 40, marriage and separation), Act Four (Chapters 41 to 55, hardship and Alec's … |
| Mrs Dalloway | Literary | Yorke's five acts do not map cleanly. Act One (Sections 1 to 5) establishes Clarissa and introduces Peter. Act Two (Sections 6 to 11) develops Septimus's crisis. Act Three (Sections 12 to 15) builds the party. Act Four … |
| To the Lighthouse | Literary | Act 1 (chapters 1 to 14): exposition and rising tension. Act 2 (chapters 15 to 17): climax of first movement. Act 3 (chapters 18 to 25): time passes, deaths occur. Act 4 (chapters 26 to 37): return and journey. Act 5 (chapter … |
| Anna Karenina | Literary | Act One (Chapters 1 to 34): Exposition and inciting incident; Levin's rejection; Anna and Vronsky meet. Act Two (Chapters 35 to 101): Kitty's illness and recovery; Anna and Vronsky's affair deepens; Levin's farm work and … |
| Crime and Punishment | Literary | Act One (Ch 1 to 7): Raskolnikov plans and commits murder. Act Two (Ch 8 to 14): he hides evidence and meets Marmeladov's death. Act Three (Ch 15 to 25): family arrives, Porfiry investigates, Nikolay confesses. Act Four (Ch … |
| Madame Bovary | Literary | Act One (Ch 1 to 9): Charles and Emma's marriage begins; Emma grows dissatisfied. Act Two (Ch 10 to 17): Emma meets Léon and Rodolphe; seduction begins. Act Three (Ch 18 to 22): Rodolphe affair peaks and collapses. Act Four … |
| The Age of Innocence | Literary | Act One (Chs 1 to 7): Exposition and inciting incident; Newland's world disrupted by Ellen. Act Two (Chs 8 to 18): Rising action; Newland and Ellen's emotional entanglement deepens. Act Three (Chs 19 to 26): Complication; … |
| Silas Marner | Literary | Act One (Ch 1 to 4): Silas isolated, gold stolen. Act Two (Ch 5 to 13): Investigation and Eppie's arrival; Godfrey's secret deepens. Act Three (Ch 14 to 17): Silas and Eppie's life together; Godfrey's unease. Act Four (Ch … |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Literary | Act One (Chapters 1 to 8): Huck's bondage and escape. Act Two (Chapters 9 to 20): River journey and meeting con men. Act Three (Chapters 21 to 31): Con men's frauds and moral crisis. Act Four (Chapters 32 to 41): Jim's capture … |
| Hamlet | Plays | Act I: exposition and inciting incident (Scenes 1 to 5). Act II: rising action and complication (Scenes 6 to 7). Act III: climax of proof and confrontation (Scenes 8 to 11). Act IV: falling action and exile (Scenes 12 to 18). … |
| Macbeth | Plays | Act I (scenes 1 to 7): exposition and inciting incident. Act II (scenes 8 to 10): rising action, Duncan's murder. Act III (scenes 11 to 15): complications, Banquo's ghost. Act IV (scenes 16 to 20): climax building, Macduff's … |
| Romeo and Juliet | Plays | Act I (chapters 1 to 6): exposition and inciting incident. Act II (chapters 7 to 12): rising action and secret marriage. Act III (chapters 13 to 17): climax with banishment and separation. Act IV (chapters 18 to 22): falling … |
| Othello | Plays | Act One (scenes 1 to 3): exposition and setup. Act Two (scene 4): rising action and Iago's trap. Act Three (scenes 6 to 8): climactic turn toward jealousy. Act Four (scenes 9 to 11): falling action and murderous intent. Act … |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Plays | Act I (scenes 1 to 2): exposition and setup. Act II (scene 3): rising action with magic introduced. Act III (scenes 4 to 5): climax of chaos. Act IV (scenes 6 to 7): falling action and resolution. Act V (scenes 8 to 9): … |
| Twelfth Night | Plays | Not a feature of this book. The play follows Shakespeare's five-act structure, not the hero's journey with its distinct stages of departure, initiation, and return. |
| Doctor Faustus | Plays | Not a feature of this book. Marlowe's play has no named acts; it is divided into 5 sections, with dramatic action in sections 1 and 2 only. |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Plays | Act One (exposition): Jack's secret and proposal. Act Two (rising action): Algernon's arrival and deception. Act Three (climax): girls discover fraud. Act Four (falling action): Lady Bracknell's opposition. Act Five … |
| A Doll's House | Plays | Act One (exposition): Nora's secret and Krogstad's threat revealed. Act Two (rising action): letter posted, Nora dances in desperation. Act Three (climax): Helmer reads letter, Nora confronts him. Resolution: Nora … |
| Hedda Gabler | Plays | Act One: exposition and setup. Act Two: rising action and manipulation. Act Three: climax of manuscript burning and blackmail reveal. Act Four: falling action and resolution through death. Structure follows … |
| Pygmalion | Plays | Act I exposition: Higgins and Pickering meet, Eliza appears. Act II rising action: training begins, the bet is set. Act III climax of first movement: garden party reveals the problem. Act IV falling action: victory … |
| The School for Scandal | Plays | Act One (1): exposition and inciting incident. Act Two (2 to 5): rising action and Sir Oliver's arrival. Act Three (6 to 8): confrontation and tests begin. Act Four (9 to 11): climax with screen revelation. Act Five (12 to 13): … |
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