<P> Freytag's analysis was intended to apply to ancient Greek and Shakespearean drama, not modern . </P> <P> Contemporary dramas increasingly use the fall to increase the relative height of the climax and dramatic impact (melodrama). The protagonist reaches up but falls and succumbs to doubts, fears, and limitations . The negative climax occurs when the protagonist has an epiphany and encounters the greatest fear possible or loses something important, giving the protagonist the courage to take on another obstacle . This confrontation becomes the classic climax . </P>

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