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Chasing Lincoln's Killer
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Exposition 1: Background
The Civil War ends. Booth is upset that the north conquered the south. -
Exposition 2: Setting
Washington, Maryland: Fords Theatre and across the country side of Maryland and Virginia. -
Exposition 3: Characters
John Wilkes Booth, an actor who is mad at Lincoln for beating the south in the war, and Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln. -
Conflict
Booth shoots Lincoln through the brain at Ford's Theatre. He then escapes on horseback to the country side. -
Rising Action 1
Lewis Powell attacks Seward and cuts his throat, but Seward lives. -
Rising Action 2
Booth and Herold escape to the Mudd's farm. They come close to being captured by a calvary. -
Rising Action 3
Lincoln dies in a house across the street from Ford's Theatre. -
Rising Action 4
The calvaries reach Mudd's farm, Booth and Herold escape. -
Rising Action 5
The other conspiritors of Booth's plot are captured. A reward is promised for those who can catch Booth and Herold. -
Rising Action 6
Booth and Herold escape to Virginia where they hide in the Garrett's barn. The Garrett's lock them in. -
Climax
Booth can't escape the locked barn, and is shot while trying to get out his gun. -
Falling Action 1
David Herold, George Azterdot, Lewis Powell, Mary Surratt, and other conspiritors are put on trial. -
Falling Action2
Boston Corbett was not in trouble for shooting Booth. He claimed that he shot him because he didn't want him to hurt his fellow calvary members. -
Falling Action 3
The reward money waas dealt out to those calvary members that located the conspiritors and Booth. -
Resolution 1
Four of Booth's conspiritors were given prison sentences. -
Resolution 2
The other four conspiritors, Mary S., David H., George A., and Lewis P. were hanged. -
Resolution 3
Andrew Johnson released Booth's body to his brother, Edwin, who buried him.
