Voltage curve

In the literature , especially in dramatic texts , a tension curve is used to describe the strength and effectiveness of entanglements, conflicts and other events.

In the introductory part of a work the tension curve rises only slowly, because here the relationships between the figures are explained in order to form a starting point for the main part. From now on it increases rapidly and reaches a climax where all seems lost. Either it falls off quickly to find a more or less negative ending in the final part or it rears up again to a small climax, the retarding moment . The moral or other final thoughts form a short horizontal conclusion of the curve.

Suspense is a special form of voltage generation .

example

In William Shakespeare's drama Romeo and Juliet , the tension slowly builds as the problems and attitudes of the Montague and Capulet families are portrayed. When Romeo and Juliet fall in love, the curve climbs faster. The climax is reached when Julia is about to be married to another man and the two fall into a desperate, hopeless state. The retarding moment is formed by the priest's plan that Juliet should take a sleeping potion and Romeo meanwhile rushes to her. When this idea fails and the main characters are killed one after the other, the tension quickly dissipates. It comes to a tragic conclusion. The conclusion, which shows a flat, resolved tension curve, lies in the old Count's insight.

                Höhepunkt 
                .    Retardierendes Moment 
               . .   .
              .   . . . abklingend
             .         . 
            . steigend   .  Schlussteil 
         . .                 . .

literature

Gerrit Koehler: writing the script . Frankfurter Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt / M. 2007, ISBN 978-3-937909-71-4 .