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Act IV explained

An Ideal Husband — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture.

What happens

An Ideal Husband — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Climax.

SetupClimax
  • Setup
  • Breaking point

In this scene, the dramatic climax occurs because Lord Goring’s casual, evasive banter with his father masks t…

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