J. Roth/World Literature 272

 

Phaedra Discussion Groups

 

Group #___    Members: _____________________________________________________

 

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For your section of the play, please do the following:

 

First, identify the key elements of the plot in your section.  In other words, identify the important events.  List these in order on the bottom of this page.

 

Next, refer to the classical plot line below and locate where on the line you would place the events you identified.  In other words, is the event part of the Complication? Intensification? Climax? Denouement?  For each event, be able to explain why you located it on that particular part of the plot line. 

 

Finally, locate one or two lines or groups of lines in your section of the play that are particularly memorable.  As a group, reach a consensus on why those lines are special.

 

 

The Classical Plot Line

 

4.  Climax

                        3. Intensification

                                                                                                            5. Denouement

            2. Complication

                                                                                                            end of the story

1. Exposition

 

                                       beginning of the story