Climax: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
[[Literary Terms]] | [[Literary Terms]] | ||
[[Category:Literary Terms]] | |||
Revision as of 11:12, 10 November 2004
The turning point in the action of a drama; in tragedy, it is usually the moment that the tragic protagonist loses the initiative and the momentum and the drama turns from success to failure. In comedy, it is usually the moment that the comic protagonist gains the initiative or a chance occurrence turns the action from misfortune to fortune.