To what extent would you agree that plot should be valued more highly than style in the work. In your answer you should refer to two or three works you have studied.
Response:
In each of the literary works we are studying style often seems to be the focus of the reading. The way the story is written is essential to understanding a theme behind the story/play itself. Although noticing and exploring style is important, it is first most important to understand the plot itself. Sometimes the plot may not give as great of insight to the story as the style does, but other times looking at the over all picture is just as important.
The play Oedipus the King is one of the cases in which the plot should be valued more highly than the stylistic aspects of the work. In ancient Greece the story was performed as a play, which allowed the way it was acted out to be style. The most essential aspect of the play itself, though, is the story. Without a solid storyline the message of the play would not as easily be conveyed. To someone who is told the tale of Oedipus they can comprehend that the tragedy is the main focus of the play, where as picking apart diction and tone “beat around the bush”, so to speak, as to getting to a theme. So much like that of the time when the story was presented and told orally, the plot tends to be the focus of the message.
Comparatively, Lorca’s Blood Wedding can also be considered important to be looked at as a whole, rather than piece by piece. The story has a very clear beginning, middle, and ending, as the wedding begins, a conflict arises, and the tragedy occurs. The images used in Blood Wedding can be analyzed, but the tone of mysterious and despair can be found just by looking at the events that happen in the story. Each of the characters blatantly explains what is occurring in the play, which allows the audience to have a better understanding of the meaning of the play.
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