Which statements describe the rising action of a tragedy’s plot? check all that apply.

a series of events develop the plot’s central conflict.
loose ends of the plot are “tied up” to provide closure.
suspense builds gradually as the plot progresses.
background information is provided and the play’s setting is revealed.
tension reaches its height in the plot, and a solution to a conflict becomes clear.

The correct answers are: “series of events develop the plot's central conflict.” (A) and  “Suspense builds gradually as the plot progresses” (C). A tragedy is a story that involver a protagonist of a high state who goes from their top point to misery through a sequence of problems and findings because of, usually, a human frailty error. The rising action of it refers to the time when the basic conflict is complicated by the introduction of secondary conflicts, with odds that make difficult to the main character to achieve their goal.  

it ends with a marriage, but also with prospero giving up his power.

the tempest is a play written by william shakespeare between 1610-1611, it narrates the story of prospero a magician that sets a storm to wreck a ship, this sets the story to kill the king of naples. while it is a romantic style play, it isn´t traditional because of the ending, it end with the marriage and the magician giving up his powers.

gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job