J. Roth/World Literature 272

Phaedra and the Classical Plot Line Posting

Directions: Using the Classical Plot Line, please identify the key elements of the plot in Racine’s Phaedra and complete the assignment below the graph. When completed, please copy-and-paste your response to the forum Phaedra and the Classical Plot Line.

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The Classical Plot Line

4. Climax

3. Intensification

5. Denouement

2. Complication

end of the story

1. Exposition

beginning of the story

1. Exposition: In general, the setting is established and certain characters are introduced.
2. Complication: A problem in introduced that creates conflict.
3. Intensification: The problem and the conflict get worse.
4. Climax: The most exciting part of the plot.
5. Denouement: The resolution—a look at the characters and situation after the climax.

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Assignment: Please post your responses to the following:

1. What information does Racine give his audience in the Exposition? Through which character does he communicate this Exposition to his audience?

2. Please do the same for the Complication. What event(s) “complicates” the plot? Through which character does Racine communicate the Complication to his audience?

3. You guessed it: Now do the same for the final three elements: identify the event(s) that become the Intensification, the Climax, and the Denouement. Then briefly tell how Racine gets this information to his audience.

When completed, please copy-and-paste your response to the forum Phaedra and the Classical Plot Line.