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Rising Action Presentation of Robinson Crusoe
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Rising Action Presentation of Robinson Crusoe
BY Daniel defoe
Climax
Works cited
- Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. London, England. Daniel Defoe, 25 April 1719.
- Climax; The most intense, exiting or important part of something
- "I, poor, miserable Robinson Crusoe, being shipwrecked during a dreadful storm in the offing, came on shore on this dismal unfortunate island, which I call the Island of Despair..."(Defoe 70)
Inciting Incident
- The event or action that propels the story forward
- Robinson leaves his family without them knowing to go out to sea
- "I consulted neither father nor mother any more, nor so much as sent them word of it"
who was involved
- Robinson Crusoe
- Mr. Crusoe
- Mrs.Crusoe
Exposition Reminder
- Robinson leaves his family to go out to sea
- Robinson leaves on a boat to London
- Picked up on shore by a strange captain and is put into slavery
- Climax: Robinson becomes shipwrecked on an island
Rising Action
Character evolution
- Rising action:The major events within a story that lead up to the climax
- Robinson escapes slavery with the owners boat along with a slave worker named Xury
- The two dock in Africa and receive help from tribal Africans after saving them
- Robinson sees a ship he recognizes and meets with the captain and Xury leaves with the captain to london
- Robinson Crusoe: Round & Dynamic. He used to be scared of going to sea, but now is very courageous when sailing
- Xury: In between flat & round, static. Very quiet and usually frightened easily
- Portuguese Captain: Flat, static. Not much is said
- Friday: Flat, Static. He was a 26 year old man who lived on his own, but now works as a slave for Robinson
Character Quotes
- "I thought the bitterness of death had been past..."As soon as he came fairly within my reach I fired, and shot him directly in the head." (Defoe 31)
- "Xury was dreadfully frightened, and indeed so was I to" (Defoe 26)
- "Mr.Englishman, I will carry you thither in charity, and those things will help you buy your subsistence there and your passage home again." (Defoe 34)
Rising action continued...
- "I stepped forward to where the moor was, and making it as if I stooped for something behind him, I took him by surprise, my arm under his twist, and tossed him clear overboard into the sea"(Defoe 24)
- "... I made signs to them to come to the shore, they took heart and came to the shore..." (Defoe 32)
- "Master, Master, a ship with a sail!..."Xury saying he was willing to go with him, I let him have him."
Types of conflict
(Defoe 35)
- Man vs. Man
- Man vs. Nature
- External
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