Climax, Denouement (Oedipus Rex, Romeo and Juliet)

Journal Number Five: Climax, Denouement (Oedipus Rex, Romeo and Juliet)

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Journal Number Four: Rising Action in Oedipus Rex and Romeo and Juliet

Can you identify any particular things that actors are doing that make you feel tense?

The actors have long speeches that are veiled and that present so many options as for the best path to take to arrive at the truth.

It remains for the audience to see if the gods will respond to the queen’s laments and reveal the answer and that wait is meant to boost the tension.

The general consensus of both the queen and the sages that there needs to be proof before any conclusion can be made and the killer is brought to justice ends up prolonging the action.