To what extent would you agree that plot should be valued more highly than style in the work?
In my opinion, plot should be valued higher than style. Although for an author to communicate effectively and to express themselves artistically style is important, but plot is absolutely essential in the themes they wish to communicate. Especially in the plays Wild Duck and Oedipus the King, which have been translated into many different languages. No matter how good of a job a translator does, the language barrier is impossible to fully overcome. The styles cannot be accurately emulated in another language, although they can come close to what the style would be. However, the plot translates into all languages. There are many ways to translate styles, as books and plays are translated many different ways, but the plot remains constant. In Oedipus, he still is cursed and gouges his eyes out, no matter what style it is written in. In the Wild Duck, Hedvig still has an offset relationship with her father and shoots herself in the end no matter the style it is written in. Style can aide ones interpretation of a text, but the root of what an author is conveying through a story is in the plot.
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