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Denouement - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Action, Angle, Answer, Architecture, Argument, Atmosphere, Background, Catastrophe, Characterization, Climax, Coda, Color, Completion, Complication, Conclusion, Consummation, Continuity |
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Denouement, in literature, is the end effect of a character's earlier actions. Denouement occurs after the climax. There is a "turning point" between the climax and the denouement, termed "peripeteia".
The term is borrowed into English from the French.
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Example Usage of Denouement |
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lagirafemusique: Après moult tergiversations, nous tenons le dénouement du concours pochette ! :o) |
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mailjones: finally saw The White Ribbon, was good, though lack of Denouement irritates me. |
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hughashton: RT @BeneathGrySkies: Hammered out 3,500 words of new novel today. Denouement is just around the corner. Trap is baited for villain... |
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