The exposition was describing the outside layout of the cabin to create suspense for the readers. "Outside, the woods lay in clear October sunlight: the autumn air was full of the sharp,exciting smell of moist, leaf-covered earth." They used figurative to excite the audience. (Personification)
Climax
The rising action is when Judson found out someone had been drinking out of his bottle
Falling Action
The conflict is when Judson had put the drugs in the bourbon for the 'stealer' to drink
Resoultion
The climax leading to when he tripped, his wife was telling him to stop what he was doing
OH JUDSON! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, STOP!!
The falling action is when Judson was found unconscious on the grass by the man
In ruthless there is no resolution. Judson had died because someone (possibly his friend alec) gave him the poisoned alcohol not knowing what it could do to him