| Sub-Actions, linkingMain and Underplot,or differentelements of theMain together. | First Pair: | { | From the good side of the Main: Kent. | } | Crossing & complicating one another. | |
| From the evil side of the Main: Oswald. | ||||||
| Second Pair: | { | From the good side of the Main assisting Nemesis on Evil Agent of the Underplot: Albany. | ||||
| From the evil side of the Main assisting Nemesis on Good Victim of the Underplot: Cornwall. | ||||||
| Third Pair: Cross Intrigues between the Evil sides of Main and Underplot{Goneril and EdmundRegan and Edmund}culminating in destruction of all three (v. iii. 96, 221-7,and compare 82 with 160). | ||||||
Farcical Relief Action: The Fool: Stationary.
Enveloping Action: The French War: originating ultimately in the Initial Action and becoming the Objective of the Dénouement. [Page [273].]
Economy.
The Underplot dependent to the Main (page [276]).
Especially: Parallelism and Contrast (page [277]).
Central Linking by Gloucester.
Interweaving: Linking by Sub-Actions, &c., and movement to a common Objective.
Envelopment in Common Enveloping Action.
Movement.
Passion-Movement, with Convergent Motion between the Main and Underplot, and their parts: the Lear and Gloucester systems by the visit to Gloucester's Castle drawn to a Central Focus and then moving towards a common Objective in the Enveloping Action. [Page [282].]
Turning-points.
Catastrophe: at the end of the Initial Action, the Problem being set up in practical action. [Page [205].]
Centre of Plot: the summit of emotional agitation when three madnesses are brought into contact (page [223]).