Beginning
Beginning noun - The point at which something begins.
Last act
Both terms in one sentence
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Chekhov's Gun : Laura's dad's angina, which her mother mentions on the answering machine message at the beginning, and sets off the last act of the movie.
Source: Literature / High Fidelity -
Despair Event Horizon: Hale has definitely crossed it at the beginning of the last act.
Source: Theatre / The Crucible - Played with in Hamlet: Shakespeare waits until the last act to tell you that Hamlet is actually 30, making his previously understandable angst seem a little more odd; in the beginning he comes off as more of an adolescent.
Source: Age-Appropriate Angst
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