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Nile Verleur
Plot Elements
Element Definition ACT in the Play
Exposition: Mainly the basic introduction to the play. Background info is presented, main characters are introduced, and the main conflict is established. Act I
Rising Action: Conflicts and challenges encountered by the main characters Act II 3rd scene – Act 3 3rd scene
Climax: The point of maximum conflict and the turning point. Tension builds until the main character makes a decision or takes action that determines the direction of the story. Act 3 3rd scene
Falling Action: The events that occur after the main character makes the central decision in a story line. Act 3 4th scene
Resolution: The resolution is where all the questions are answered and loose ends are tied, providing a clear ending Act 3 last scenes
Plot Analysis
As you read the scenes in this lesson, take notes on important events in the story. Provide the line or lines from the play that relate to the event. Stop and think for a moment about why that event is important for the story and add your thoughts in the space provided. event Text support Why is it important to the text
Act 1 scene 3
Macbeth meets the weird sister and they tell him the prophecy MACBETH.
And Thane of Cawdor too; went it not so?
Macbeth
Your children shall be kings.
Banquo
You shall be king.
Macbeth
And Thane of Cawdor too; went it not so? I think that this is a crucial scene to this play because it is this scene when Macbeth gets that idea that he could truly be king.
Act 2
When they find the body of King Duncan and wake the village. Awake, awake!
Ring the alarum bell. Murder and treason!
Banquo and Donalbain! Malcolm! Awake!
Shake off this downy sleep, death’s counterfeit,
And look on death itself! Up, up, and see
The great doom’s image! Malcolm! Banquo!
As from your graves rise up, and walk like sprites,
To countenance this horror! Ring the bell
This act is clearly the time of rising action. The king Duncan is
Nile Verleur
Plot Elements
Element Definition ACT in the Play
Exposition: Mainly the basic introduction to the play. Background info is presented, main characters are introduced, and the main conflict is established. Act I
Rising Action: Conflicts and challenges encountered by the main characters Act II 3rd scene – Act 3 3rd scene
Climax: The point of maximum conflict and the turning point. Tension builds until the main character makes a decision or takes action that determines the direction of the story. Act 3 3rd scene
Falling Action: The events that occur after the main character makes the central decision in a story line. Act 3 4th scene
Resolution: The resolution is where all the questions are answered and loose ends are tied, providing a clear ending Act 3 last scenes
Plot Analysis
As you read the scenes in this lesson, take notes on important events in the story. Provide the line or lines from the play that relate to the event. Stop and think for a moment about why that event is important for the story and add your thoughts in the space provided. event Text support Why is it important to the text
Act 1 scene 3
Macbeth meets the weird sister and they tell him the prophecy MACBETH.
And Thane of Cawdor too; went it not so?
Macbeth
Your children shall be kings.
Banquo
You shall be king.
Macbeth
And Thane of Cawdor too; went it not so? I think that this is a crucial scene to this play because it is this scene when Macbeth gets that idea that he could truly be king.
Act 2
When they find the body of King Duncan and wake the village. Awake, awake!
Ring the alarum bell. Murder and treason!
Banquo and Donalbain! Malcolm! Awake!
Shake off this downy sleep, death’s counterfeit,
And look on death itself! Up, up, and see
The great doom’s image! Malcolm! Banquo!
As from your graves rise up, and walk like sprites,
To countenance this horror! Ring the bell
This act is clearly the time of rising action. The king Duncan is