The characters encounter great turmoil and difficulty in achieving their goal. May be a break down of some description.

In a literary piece, a motif is a recurrent image, idea, or symbol that develops or explains a theme, while a theme is a central idea or message.

Themes are ideas or concepts explored within a text, which allow a broad audience to relate to it on a personal level.

The characters encounter an issue or problem, which will soon cause turmoil.

The major conflict begins to come to a resolution.

A way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, especially in order to make a political point.

What the character says and how they say it.

Direct and indirect

The character should have changed as a result of the journey and the conflict is resolved.

The tension begins to dissipate as the complication begins to be resolved.

The tension begins to build and a complication may begin to develop.