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