The Third Act is the resolution or closure of the story to bring to an end the conflict.

In Act 3, Don Vito recovers from his wounds and makes peace with the heads of the
rest of the Families in New York. Don Vito retires from being the Don and hands over the
title to Michael. Later on, Don Michael rekindles his love to Kay and starts a family with
her. Vito suffers a heart attack in the tomato garden while playing with his grandson. This
is a Plot Point. The whole Corleone family, relatives, friends, business associates, and
known enemies attend the burial. Michael plans a hit to every person (i.e. Tessio, heads of
the Families, Carlo, etc.) responsible for killing his brother and for attempting to kill his
father, and to those same people who want him dead. This is the start of the climax. The
scene where Michael attends the baptism of Connie’s baby as godfather, with a series of
quick and dramatic cutaway to multiple murders in a barbershop, in a massage parlor,
outside the steps of a courthouse, in an elevator, at the revolving door of a hotel, and in a
motel room, is the climax of The Godfather. It is this scene that makes Don Michael
Corleone not just a godfather to his sister’s baby, but also the true Godfather figure of the
whole Corleone family, securing and taking back the power that his father had lost. The
killing of Carlo in a car’s passenger seat can be considered the end of the climax. Michael
accepting the honor of being the new Godfather in his father’s old home office as Kay
looks at him from outside the room, and the door closing between them is the end of Act 3.