PLOT

The purpose of plot is to describe what happens in a narrative. Although every story has a plot, fictional and dramatic plots have their differences. For example, in William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the climax is built up to take place in the last act of the play (V) when Hamlet finally takes revenge on his guilty uncle, Claudius. The whole play is centered around Hamlet taking avengence on his new father, uncle, and King, and it is all finally accomplished when Hamlet uses Claudius' poisoned sword and wine. In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, however, the protagonist, Elizabeth, experiences her own climax when Mr. Darcy writes a letter to her. Unlike Hamlet, Elizabeth's climax and epiphany takes place in the middle of the plot. She finally realizes that she, too, loves Darcy, and follows that love throughout the rest of the book.