Story arc in three acts?
Rob
robkristjansson at hotmail.com
Fri Sep 3 19:19:51 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 111991
Has anyone thought of these books as episodes within a three act
dramatic structure? The first act is comprised of PS and CoS,
wherein all the major players are introduced and the fundamental
conflicts are set up; the second act includes all three subsequent
books where the tension of the larger conflict (the prelude to
the "second war" - OoTP) is built and contrasted against HP's
internal struggle with his own temper, etc. as he grows up and comes
to accept his role in this "war." If I'm correct the third act,
usually pretty quick in the movies, should also be a pretty straight
forward affair where a lot of the mysteries (Nkafkafi referred to
them as plot lines in her post yesterday, if I remember correctly)
are wrapped up as HP and LV duke it out in a classic G vs. E climax.
Or am I begging the question here?
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