To figure out when a
climax occurs, ask yourself when you know the outcome of the main conflict. The climax occurs just before this and is the most intense or exciting moment of the play. The death of
Simon foreshadows the climax, but it isn't the climax.I agree that the...
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To figure out when a
climax occurs, ask yourself when you know the outcome of the main conflict. The climax occurs just before this and is the most intense or exciting moment of the play. The death of
Simon foreshadows the climax, but it isn't the climax.I agree that the climax occurs when
Jack and his gang are chasing
Ralph, intending to kill him. That's the most intense moment of the play. When Ralph runs into the man who is there to save them, we then know the outcome of the main conflict.