The climax is usually also the crisis or turning point of the fortunes of the protagonists, the fortunes of the antagonists, the peak of the rising action. Conflict is the struggle between opposing forces that determines the action. Falling Action is that part of a dramatic plot that follows the climax or point of highest interest. Rising Action is that part of a dramatic plot that leads through a series of events of increasing interest and power to the climax. It begins with an event that sets a conflict of opposing forces into motion, and moves through complication towards the climax.
Protagonist is the principal and central character of a play.
Antagonist is the character who stands in direct opposition to or in conflict with the central character. Theme is the central or dominating idea, the message implicit in a work. The theme of a work is seldom stated directly. It is an abstract concept indirectly expressed through recurrent images, actions, characters, and symbols, and must be inferred by the audience.