Blog #1- Plot

As is most common, both Hamlet and Pride & Prejudice follow the conventional narrative as their way structuring there plot.  To start off both stories begin by providing an exposition as a way to give the background information of the stories characters and general setting.  In Hamlet we first here of the kings death, hamlet, king Claudius, his marriage to Gertrude, and Hamlets current doubt as to the manner of his fathers death for the conflict.  In Pride & Prejudice one by one, the members of the Bennet family are introduced to us, from mother and father to the three daughters and similarly to Hamlet, the conflict which in the case of the Bennet family is the lack of a male heir to their land and the necessity o marry off their daughters before Mr. Bennet passes away.  Next, both stories follow the step of presenting the rising action portion.  While in Hamlet we see the evolution of Hamlets plot to kill Claudius and all the obstacles he has had to surpass till he can have his final confrontation in with Claudius, we see in Pride & Prejudice the mounting tension developed by the romances between multiple characters in the story and the drama that ensues as we wait for the hopeful realization by Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet of their affection for each other.  After the climax's of both Hamlet, where Hamlet finally kills Claudius, and Pride & Prejudice, where Mr. Darcy finally properly proposes to Elizabeth and she accepts, both stories follow the format again by providing a falling action portion where the affects of the current resolution of conflict on the characters is shown and a quick denouement as a way to wrap up the story.