Act III

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Act III is a pivotal middle section of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s comedy "Minna von Barnhelm," where key conflicts and character relationships intensify and begin to turn toward resolution.

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Label Occurrences
Act III canonical 4

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf act of a play ⓘ
centralConflict conflict between love and honor ⓘ
misunderstandings between Minna and Tellheim ⓘ
centralTheme honor ⓘ
love ⓘ
misunderstanding ⓘ
social status ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dramaticFunction rising action ⓘ
turning point toward resolution ⓘ
featuresCharacter Franziska ⓘ
Just (Tellheim’s servant) ⓘ
Major von Tellheim ⓘ
Minna von Barnhelm (character) ⓘ
linked to: Minna von Barnhelm

Paul Werner ⓘ
followedBy Act IV (Minna von Barnhelm) ⓘ
follows Act II (Minna von Barnhelm) ⓘ
hasForm prose dialogue ⓘ
hasSetting an inn in Berlin ⓘ
hasStructure multiple scenes ⓘ
hasTitle Act III ⓘ
hasTone comic ⓘ
emotionally tense ⓘ
satirical ⓘ
intendedAudience readers of drama ⓘ
theatergoers ⓘ
isSectionOf five‑act structure of Minna von Barnhelm ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
literaryMovement German Enlightenment ⓘ
medium theatrical text ⓘ
narrativeFunction pivotal middle section ⓘ
originalWorkPublicationYear 1767 (for the play as a whole) ⓘ
partOf Minna von Barnhelm ⓘ
partOfGenre comedy ⓘ
positionInSeries third act ⓘ
structuralRole develops character relationships ⓘ
intensifies key conflicts ⓘ
prepares for resolution in later acts ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted after the Seven Years’ War ⓘ
usedFor stage performance ⓘ
workBy Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
workPeriod Enlightenment literature ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Minna von Barnhelm → hasPart → Act III ⓘ
Panthea → appearsInAct → Act III ⓘ
Act III (Minna von Barnhelm) → hasTitle → Act III ⓘ
subject linked to: Act III
Rosalinde → actAppearance → Act III ⓘ