An Analysis of Plot Structure in Richard A. Via’s "The Show Must Go On" Play

BACKGROUND ANALYSIS

The author creates a plot by arranging events in a story in order to achieve a certain effect. A pattern of cause-effect relationships may be created. Plot is important in expressing the meaning of a work. It involves the laws of plot. The laws of plot are: plausibility (the story should be convincing on its own terms, but not necessary realistic), element of surprise should be present, suspense, foreshadowing (hints at the direction the story will take, and logical (events should be believable in their relationships to one another). Based on the description, there are two kinds of plot: the progressive plot and the regressive plot. The progressive plot usually employs foreshadowing whereas the regressive plot employs flashback. In the plot itself, it contains of some stages that can be analyzed. So here, we concentrate in the structure of plot by talking, analyzing more in the analysis. All we have done is based on the crowded situation as the structure of plot in The Show Must Go On by Richard A. Via, an expert in plays and theater. 

How To Conduct Structural Analytic Method

A. Introduction

Analytical studies referred to how to decipher data because a component of the sub-component, until the smallest component, in addition also the study became the basis for subsequent research which is more in-depth. Research carried out by way of elaborating this data is often called a descriptive research, structural research or research activities revolve around taxonomy because recognizing details, details that characterize a number belongs to, and then name each of these details along with a number.

American Popular Literature - Detective Fiction and Its Genres

A. INTRODUCTION

Detective fiction is branch of crime fiction in which emphasizes the search for a solution . The detective fiction is distinguished from other forms of fiction by the fact that it is a puzzle. Although a crime usually has been committed, the reader's attention is directed to mysterious circumstances surrounding the crime rather than to the event itself. The tale's climax is the solution of the puzzle, and the bulk of the narrative concerns the logical process by which the investigator follows a series of clues to this solution. Very often the detective solves the mystery by means of deductive reasoning from facts known both to the character and the reader. In addition to detective stories, other types of crime fiction include spy thrillers, which are concerned primarily with international intrigue and politics, and crime novels, which are stories that deal with the roots and nature of criminal acts.