I
wanted to revisit my earlier studies of Aristotle and Freytag in order to
compare their ideas of ‘good storytelling’ with the developments of my own
story.
Aristotle
Firstly,
I feel that this story fits well with Aristotle’s ideas surrounding a clear, yet seamlessly blending beginning, middle and end
section. In my story, the beginning is
when we first learn about Sally and the ‘inciting incident’ occurs with her
parents' suicide. The set-up section
continues to give the audience some idea of what is happening when Sally
stumbles across the meeting in the woods. The beginning of the story is abruptly ended
by the abduction of Sally by a masked figure.
The
middle section then continues when Sally meets Tara and Blaine, and develops
until Sally has committed the brutal murder of Blaine. The end section begins by reflecting Sally’s
sense of loneliness as she works alone, researching PEAR. She then moves towards the steps of Number
10, where the story comes to a close.
Freytag
Below
is my story events plotted against the original ideas in Freytag’s Triangle:
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