Yusupov Oybek Nematjonovich Ahmedova Nigora Shavkatovna

exposition, 
which is the first component of plot structure. 
In the exposition the writer introduces the theme, the characters and establishes 
the setting. T h e exposition, therefore, contains the
 
necessary preliminaries to the 
events of the plot, casts light on the circumstances influencing the development of 
characters and supplies some information on either all or some of the following 
questions: Who? What? Where? When? 
The exposition may be compressed into one sentence or extended into several 
paragraphs. Fairy tales usually begin with an extended exposition that provides the 
reader with exhaustive information about when and where the events are set, who the 
characters are and what the story is about. Such is the exposition in 
The Magic Fish-
bone 
by Ch. Dickens: 
“There was once a king, and he had a queen; and he was the manliest of his 
sex, and she was the loveliest of hers. The king was, in his private profession, under 
government. The queen’s father had been a medical man out of town. They had 
nineteen children, and were always having more. Seventeen of these children took 
care of the baby; and Alicia, the
 
eldest, took care of them all. Their ages varied from 
seven years to seven months”. 

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If the character and backgrounds are not special, not much exposition is 
required. Such is the case in D. Parker's story 
Arrangement in Black and While. 
The 
characters and the setting are not specified. What matters in this story is the state and 
behavior of the protagonist, who despite her efforts fails to conceal her racial 
prejudice. There may even be no exposition at all and the descriptions of the setting 
may be scattered in the other structural components of the story. The reader has to 
collect the directly and indirectly expressed information about the characters and the 
setting, gradually constructing the world of the story himself while he reads on. Such 
is the case in 
The Lady’s Maid 
by K. Mansfield. 
The second structural component which follows the exposition is 
complications. 
Complications generally involve actions, though they might involve thoughts and 
feelings as well. As a rule, this structural component consists of several events (or