[BOOK II]

THE BEGINNING

[CHAPTER VI]THE POINT OF ATTACK: SHAKESPEARE AND IBSEN
[CHAPTER VII]EXPOSITION: ITS END AND ITS MEANS
[CHAPTER VIII] THE FIRST ACT
[CHAPTER IX]CURIOSITY" AND "INTEREST"
[CHAPTER X]FORESHADOWING, NOT FORESTALLING

[BOOK III]

THE MIDDLE

[CHAPTER XI]TENSION AND ITS SUSPENSION
[CHAPTER XII]PREPARATION: THE FINGER-POST
[CHAPTER XIII] THE OBLIGATORY SCENE
[CHAPTER XIV]THE PERIPETY
[CHAPTER XV]PROBABILITY, CHANCE AND COINCIDENCE
[CHAPTER XVI]LOGIC
[CHAPTER XVII]KEEPING A SECRET

[BOOK IV]

THE END

[CHAPTER XVIII]CLIMAX AND ANTICLIMAX
[CHAPTER XIX]CONVERSION
[CHAPTER XX]BLIND-ALLEY THEMES--AND OTHERS
[CHAPTER XXI]THE FULL CLOSE

[BOOK V]