Catherine Inciting Incident

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The inciting incident leads to the many events following in the rising actions. Throughout the rising action Catherine scares away each suitor. “”The lady Catherine,” I repeated, trying to sound like a villager. “Oh, good fortune to ye, good sir. Ye sorely need it”…tore off away from the manor, away from my father, and thanks be, away from me (Cushman 22). The suitor never shows up at dinner, freeing Catherine from this suitor’s grasp and her father’s wrath. Throughout the rising action, Catherine grows close to her Uncle George. Once George falls in love with Aelis, Catherine grows to be jealous, and attempts to separate them. “ I asked, “feigning innocence, “what would one use for a spell to come between lovers if one has no dragon dung””

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