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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
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Analogy

JOKE: PUNCH LINE = plot: denouement

Did you see the relationship expressed in the low-case pair is similar to that of the capital pair?

Since denouement means the events following the climax (or outcome, the end result, anticlimax...) of a plot, while punch line means the climax of a joke, "punch line" and "denouement" are totally different things and antithetic.
  

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Hi, Well I see what you mean, and you do have an argument. I wouldn't want to say categorically that you're wrong, but I think it could be debated. To help such a debate, let's look at some definitions.

  • Hi, Well I see what you mean, and you do have an argument.
  • I wouldn't want to say categorically that you're wrong, but I think it could be debated.
  • To help such a debate, let's look at some definitions.
  • The denouement is the final scene, where all is resolved.
  • I don't think it's always anticlimactic.
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Hi,

Well I see what you mean, and you do have an argument. I wouldn't want to say categorically that you're wrong, but I think it could be debated. To help such a debate, let's look at some definitions.

The denouement is the final scene, where all is resolved. I don't think it's always anticlimactic.

The climax i
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I would just look at it as:

The end of the joke is the punchline: the end of the plot is the denouement.
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Thank you two very much. I think I misunderstood the meaning of "punch line", and took for granted that anticlimax is the end result right following the climax and denouement is just the anticlimax.

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