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Assignment:
The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act III
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's plays follow a plot structure that is based on a strong chain of causes and effects and typically includes these parts:
• Rising Action: the series of events that begins with the event that sets the plot in motion and continues in a cause-and-effect sequence of mounting tension and suspense
• Crisis or Turning Point: the event that causes the tragic hero's situation to change decisively and usually leads to his or her downfall
• Climax: the point of highest emotion or tension, sometimes occurring at the same time as the crisis but sometimes occurring later
• Falling Action: the series of events that follows the climax and typically ends with the catastrophe
• Catastrophe: the resolution of the tragedy, in which the tragic hero's downfall is complete
Directions: Answer these questions about the plot structure of The Tragedy of Macbeth.
1. What event in Act I sets the plot in motion?
2. What is the most important effect of that initial event?
3. What events in Act III build to the crisis in the play?
4. What do the events in Act III suggest will happen in the catastrophe?