Resolution

The final part of a narrative, in which conflicts are settled or their lasting consequences become clear.

The part of a plot in which its main complications are explained or settled.

The attempt to recover Viola's clothes connects the romantic resolution to Malvolio: the captain is imprisoned because of an action brought by him. Olivia remembers her steward, hears his letter and orders his release. While Fabian fetches him, Orsino offers Viola his hand as her future husband.

The closing stage of a plot in which its main conflicts are settled.

Part (a): if the passage includes the final exchanges, examine how Malvolio's exit or Feste's song qualifies the apparent happiness of the resolution.

Part (b): use the conventions of comedy to explain the reconciliation at Belmont, then consider how Shylock’s exclusion complicates that resolution.

The final section of a narrative in which conflicts are settled and the consequences of earlier events become clear.

The ability to make a firm decision and hold to it despite pressure.

The part of a narrative in which major conflicts are settled and the consequences of earlier events become clear.

The move is a resolution, but it does not repair every damaged relationship. Meena writes to Anita, who does not reply. Her future opens while Anita’s remains uncertain.

The settling of a narrative’s main conflicts and unanswered questions towards its conclusion.

The turning point that settles a story’s central conflict. In The War of the Worlds, the discovery of the dead Martians resolves the immediate invasion.

The final part of a plot in which its main conflicts are settled; in comedy this often involves reconciliation and marriage.

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