rising action in Macbeth... what act would it be?

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callielovesyhuu · Answer

.RISING ACTION  · Macbeth and Banquo’s encounter with the witches initiates both conflicts; Lady Macbeth’s speeches goad Macbeth into murdering Duncan and seizing the crown.
DO U KNOW WHAT ACT THATS FROM?

anonymous · Answer

is it from the second or third act? i know its before the fifth. fifth would be climax correct?

callielovesyhuu · Answer

.CLIMAX · Macbeth’s murder of Duncan in Act 2 represents the point of no return, after which Macbeth is forced to continue butchering his subjects to avoid the consequences of his crime.

anonymous · Answer

so the rising action would still be in scene 1?

callielovesyhuu · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

okay one more i swear. the falling action and the resolution.. the falling action would be act 2 still?

callielovesyhuu · Answer

.FALLING ACTION  · Macbeth’s increasingly brutal murders (of Duncan’s servants, Banquo, Lady Macduff and her son); Macbeth’s second meeting with the witches; Macbeth’s final confrontation with Macduff and the opposing armies