Plot: Pride and Prejudice vs. Outside Example

Plot is represented in any type of narrative through 5 stages: the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement. The plot is what helps move the story along and draw the reader into the main conflict of the story. The plot tells the reader what is happening throughout the story, while the characters show us through their actions and dialogue. In Pride and Prejudice, the exposition stars with the foreground of the characters; the societal pressures that push the girls towards marriage and the high class attitudes of their suiters. The rising action presents itself as Jane and Mr. Bingley start to fall in love as well as a conflicting spark between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. In my opinion, I feel the climax of the story is Lydia's eloping with Mr. Wickham. After this event, the family slowly falls apart but is later put together when Lydia returns home and Jane and Elizabeth are married.
For an outside example, The Scarlett Letter uses plot to draw the reader to the final climax of Dimmesdale's final confession. Until that point, the author leads up to this final climax through small hints leaving the reader with a dying desire to hear his confession. After the confession, the story winds down with his death and Hester's disappearance from Boston.