Journal 4-Narrative Structure

In Oedipus the King, by Sophocles, the plot is structured in chronologic order, with events happening in a timely manner. There are a series of different parts of the whole in which case different characters make an appearance. In Oedipus the King we do not witness any subplots and the ending of the play is very satisfying. The plot starts with a dilemma or conflict and throughout the plot we piece together secrets kept from Oedipus. In the end, we do not conclude with an answer to the original conflict but we examine the destruction of character by a God-this is called tragedy. We do have a couple unanswered questions in the end but we get caught up in the dramatic happening and the questions seem of less importance. Time is not very important in this play, it seems to go very quickly as we move through different scenes and before we know it, it's already over. Overall the plot of the story is very interesting in the fact that it is not comparable to most text.