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Orpheus was a legendary musician who could charm all with his music. He married Eurydice but on their wedding day, she died after being bitten by a snake. Orpheus traveled to the underworld and convinced Hades to return Eurydice if he did not look back until they reached the land of the living. However, as they were exiting, Orpheus looked back too soon and Eurydice disappeared again. Overcome with grief, Orpheus wandered alone, playing his lyre for any who would listen. The story illustrates how disobedience leads to sorrow and regret, even death.

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English 10

Orpheus was a legendary musician who could charm all with his music. He married Eurydice but on their wedding day, she died after being bitten by a snake. Orpheus traveled to the underworld and convinced Hades to return Eurydice if he did not look back until they reached the land of the living. However, as they were exiting, Orpheus looked back too soon and Eurydice disappeared again. Overcome with grief, Orpheus wandered alone, playing his lyre for any who would listen. The story illustrates how disobedience leads to sorrow and regret, even death.

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Exposition:

Orpheus is a legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth. He has the
ability to charm all living things and even stones with his music.

Rising action:
Orpheus met and wooed the maiden he loved, Eurydice. They were married. Directly after their
wedding, as the bride walks in the meadow with her bridesmaid, a viper bit her and caused to death.

Climax:
Orpheus went to the underworld and successfully convinced Hades and Persephone to give his wife
in a condition that he should not turn a glimpse to her until they reach the world of the living. They pass
the great doors of hades to the path that which would take them out of the darkness. Climbing up and
up. But when they almost there, and he turned to her. It was too soon in the cavern. He saw her in the
dim light and held out his arms to clasp her, but on the instant, she was gone.

Falling action:
Desperately, he tried to rush after her and follow her down, but he is not allowed. The Gods did not
allow him to go down to the land of the dead the second time, while he is alive.

Resolution:
He wandered through the wild solitude of Thrace, comfortless except for his lyre, playing, always
playing, and the rocks and the rivers and the trees him gladly, his only companions.

The story “ Orpheus” was written by Hugh Lupton. It was based on Greek religion and myth. The
story was ended with a tragedy causing the death of the lovers, Orpheus and Eurydice.

It has a following significant message:


On how disobedient leads to sorrow.
Regret.
Even death.
expo.
Narrative exposition is the insertion of background information within a story or narrative; for
example, information about the setting, characters' backstories, prior plot events, historical
context, etc

rising
Rising action in a plot is a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and
tension in a narrative. In literary works, arising action includes all decisions, characters' flaws,
and background circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to a climax.

climax
The climax or turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension and drama, or it
is the time when the action starts during which the solution is given. The climax of a story is a
literary element.

falling
Falling action is defined as the parts of a story after the climax and before the very end. An
example offalling action is act four in a five-act play.

resolution
In a work of literature, the resolution is the part of the story's plot where the main problem
is resolved or worked out. Theresolution occurs after the falling action and is typically where
the story ends

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