Structure


 * ===Acts comprise the major divisions within a drama. ===
 * ===In Greek plays, the sections of the drama were signified by the appearance of the chorus and were usually divided into five acts. ===
 * ===This formula was utilized for most serious drama from the Greeks to the Romans, and to Elizabethan playwrights like William Shakespeare. ===


 * ===The five acts denote the structure of dramatic action; they are exposition, complication, climax, falling action, and catastrophe. ===



 * ===The five-act structure was followed until the nineteenth century when Ibsen combined some of the acts. ===


 * ===//A Doll's House// is a three-act play; the exposition and complication are combined in the first act when the audience learns of --- and -. ===


 * ===The climax occurs in the second act when ===


 * ===The falling action and catastrophe occurs when --. ===