Student Question
What are the rising action, climax, and falling action in Dracula?
Quick answer:
The rising action in Dracula spans most of the first two dozen chapters, as characters gradually realize something is wrong and seek ways to combat the vampire. The climax occurs when Count Dracula is finally found and killed. The falling action is brief, focusing on the events immediately following Dracula's death and concluding with Mina's note written seven years later.
The climax of the novel is when they finally find and kill Count Dracula.
The falling action is the relatively brief section of the novel found after this, and, especially, Mina's note written seven years after the action.
The falling action is quite short in this novel. By contrast, the rising action is long and drawn out: it is most of the first two dozen chapters of the novel, when the characters are realizing something is wrong, trying to figure it out, and then seeking ways to fight Dracula.
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