Professional Documents
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Module 5: Week 5:
Explaining How the Elements Specific to a One-Act-
PLay Contribute to the Development of Its Them
Falling Denouement
Action
Exposition
Sorry, Wrong Number started by building the feeling of mystery and
such in its opening. It started with an impatient Mrs. Stevenson who
feels uneasy because her husband's phone line has been busy over the
couple of times she tried to reach him. Setting is near Queensboro
Bridge at night.
Rising Action
The rising action is when Mrs. Stevenson overhears a murder plan as
she tries to make sure someone helps but sadly, no one did. She is
afraid that a woman will be murdered but she can't get the police to
help her.
Climax
The suspense and frustration build to a frenzied climax as Mrs. Stevenson
discovers that she herself is the intended target of the murder and that
her husband is the mastermind of the plot.
Falling Action
Mrs. Stevenson hears someone in her house. They pick up the phone
and listen in on her conversation. A train goes by and Mrs. Stevenson
screams, the man in her house kills her with the plan she overheard on
the phone earlier.
Denouement
The drama ends when the police ask about the nature of the
caller's emergency. The killer picks up the phone, explains that he's
fine, and says that he never meant to dial the police. He apologizes
for dialing a wrong number and hangs up.