PLOT-with a focus on rising action

The plot of literary works includes the exposition, rising action, climax, and then the denouement. In my opinion plot is basically how the story unfolds. It is interesting to compare plot in fiction (Pride and Prejudice) vs. Drama (Hamlet). In Pride and Prejudice the story unfolds through the gossip of other people; however, this contributes to the rising action of the story. It can be argued that the climax of the story comes however, through the veracity revealed through Darcy's letter to Elizabeth. The climax is the most honest part of the novel. Elizabeth's realization of her love for Darcy and the fact that she has been foolish up until this point can be seen as the denouement. In Hamlet as the play unfolds there is increasing tension based on deception and Hamlet's desire to avenge his father. The climax of the story comes when the sword fight occurs. This is what Hamlet has been waiting for. The denouement is everything that follows--which is the ultimate deaths of many characters. Plots in drama and fiction as revealed to us in Austen and Shakespeare's works, share many similarities they follow the same basic structure;however, in drama the rising action is much more intense.