Act V

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Act V is the concluding section of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s comedy "Minna von Barnhelm," in which the play’s central conflicts and romantic misunderstandings are resolved.

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instanceOf act of a play ⓘ
dramatic conclusion ⓘ
associatedWork Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Minna von Barnhelm, oder Das Soldatenglück ⓘ
concludes Minna von Barnhelm ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dramaticFunction denouement ⓘ
resolution of plot ⓘ
dramaticTechnique recognition and reversal (anagnorisis and peripeteia) ⓘ
use of comic resolution ⓘ
featuresCharacter Franziska ⓘ
Major von Tellheim ⓘ
Minna von Barnhelm (character) ⓘ
linked to: Minna von Barnhelm

Paul Werner ⓘ
Riccaut de la Marlinière ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
language German ⓘ
literaryMovement Enlightenment drama ⓘ
medium theatre ⓘ
narrativeRole clarification of misunderstandings ⓘ
restoration of social order ⓘ
partOf Minna von Barnhelm ⓘ
precedes curtain call ⓘ
resolves central conflicts of Minna von Barnhelm ⓘ
romantic misunderstandings between main characters ⓘ
settingPeriod post-Seven Years' War era ⓘ
structurePosition fifth act ⓘ
final act ⓘ
theme honor and reconciliation ⓘ
love tested by misfortune ⓘ
workBy Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ⓘ
workInSeries acts of Minna von Barnhelm ⓘ

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