1. Freytag’s Pyramid - Macbeth
Name: ___________________________
Freytag’s Pyramid - Macbeth
Falling Action:
Rising Action:
Climax:
Denouement:
Exposition:
Complication:

2. Personality According to Self: Personality According to Others:
Relationships:
Character:
Physical Characteristics:
Other:

3. Character Progression - Macbeth
EXPERIENCES/EVENTS
CHANGES
Beginning
Complication
Middle
Climax
End

4. JULIET Personality According to Self: Impulsive, hasty, impatient
Witty, smart
Determined, inner strength
Self-aware
Brave
Passionate
Poetic, romantic
Mature
Unashamed, sexual
Loyal
Personality According to Others:
Innocent, naive
Quiet
Obedient > defiant
Passionate
Relationships:
Romeo
Lord & Lady Capulet
Nurse
Tybalt
Paris
Friar Lawrence
Character:
JULIET
Physical Characteristics:
Young
Beautiful
Wealthy
Other:
Protagonist
Capulet family

5. Character Progression – Romeo & Juliet
EXPERIENCES/EVENTS
CHANGES
Beginning
Only child of Lord & Lady Capulet
Gets ready for the ball
Seen as innocent, obedient, naïve, quiet
Sees herself as young, immature
Complication
Meeting Romeo
Triggers her maturation, falls in love
Conversation is clever, witty, romantic
Middle
Balcony scene
Proposes to Romeo
Marriage to Romeo
First night with Romeo
Begins to make her own choices; determined, defiant, self-aware
Has decided what she wants and acts on it; determined, passionate
Mature, decided, autonomous
Unashamed, sexual
Climax
Tybalt’s death
Decides to stand with Romeo; loyal, brave, logical
End
Romeo’s banishment
Arranged marriage to Paris
Disinheritance
Visit to Friar Lawrence
Fake death
Death
Separated from husband; isolation
Rejects marriage; attempts logic, turns to defiance
Separated from family; despair, heartbreak
Suicidal; desperate, heartbreak
Attempts a solution; increasing desperation
Has been driven to only solution; abandoned, alone, most desperate