Twist-ending structure
Also known as: reveal structure
An architecture engineered so that a late revelation reframes everything that came before.
Twist-ending structure in fiction: 9 works
The final revelation reframes Neville himself as the monster the new society fears.
The final revelation of the single-person paradox reframes every prior scene.
The final reveal of the ruined Statue of Liberty recasts the alien world as future Earth.
The final revelation of what Soylent Green is recasts the whole society's horror.
The reveal that the final 'simulation' was the real genocidal battle recasts everything.
The final scene reveals Leonard has engineered his own quest, reframing all before it.
Twin final revelations about the magicians' secrets recast the whole film.
The revelation that the three protagonists are one person recasts the whole book.
The revelation of who lives in the basement violently reframes the whole film.