Submitted by arulmani on August 3, 2009

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Dramatic Structure - Oedipus Rex

Dramatic Structure comprises the following parts:
 Exposition
 Rising Action
 Climax
 Falling Action
 Denouement or catastrophe
This dramatic structure can be applied to Oedipus Rex as follows:
 Exposition
Oedipus Rex starts with the exposition of the dramatic conflict. In this exposition, the audience is introduced to the dramatic conflict within the story. In Oedipus Rex, the Thebes city is devastatingly attacked by plague and pyre. Creon, Oedipus’ brother-in-law brings the news that he learns from Delphic Oracle that the murder of the former king, Laius, has not been avenged, and hence the city is besieged by...

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