The first half of The Charles Men, ending on the climax of the battle of Poltava in 1709, is more dramatically coherent than the second.

But it is also the climax to one of the absorbing chapters in our current political history.

Once the scene is set, Trevelyan skilfully builds up the tense story until it reaches its climax in the dramatic victory of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy at Blenheim.

Irritating to Hastings is the fact that Poirot will sometimes conceal from him important details of his plans, as in The Big Four where Hastings is kept in the dark throughout the climax.

The climax of the third book is the account of the Council of Whitby, traditionally seen as a major turning point in English history.

Leviticus 19: 18 is itself the climax of this chapter.

The first A is an expansive threnody on solo cello ( Schmidt's own instrument ) whose seamless lyricism predates Strauss's Metamorphosen by more than a decade ( its theme is later adjusted to form the scherzo of the symphony ); the B section is an equally expansive funeral march ( deliberately referencing Beethoven's Eroica in its texture ) whose dramatic climax is marked by an orchestral crescendo culminating in a gong and cymbal crash ( again, a clear allusion to similar climaxes in the later symphonies of Bruckner, and followed by what Harold Truscott has brilliantly described as a " reverse climax ", leading back to a repeat of the A section ).

After a duel, it is common for two male giraffes to caress and court each other, leading up to mounting and climax.

The order from Pilate is eventually relayed to the guards, but in a moment parodying the climax of the film Spartacus, various crucified people all claim to be " Brian of Nazareth " ( one man shouting " I'm Brian and so's my wife ") and the wrong man is released.

At the climax, Adolf Hitler is ready to deliver a critically important speech, but begins chanting the marching song.

The heroine is at several points the catalyst to a powerful orgasm that condemned men are subjected to before they are slaughtered as they climax at the hand of those seeking the Mandragora flower.

Orgasm ( from Greek οργασμός orgasmos, from organ to mature, swell, also sexual climax ) is the sudden discharge of accumulated sexual tension during the sexual response cycle, resulting in rhythmic muscular contractions in the pelvic region characterized by an intense sensation of pleasure.

Resentment of David's presence by the locals slowly builds to a shocking climax when the mild-mannered academic is forced to defend his home.

As a concentrated form of narrative prose fiction, the short story has been theorised through the traditional elements of dramatic structure: exposition ( the introduction of setting, situation and main characters ), complication ( the event that introduces the conflict ), rising action, crisis ( the decisive moment for the protagonist and his commitment to a course of action ), climax ( the point of highest interest in terms of the conflict and the point with the most action ) and resolution ( the point when the conflict is resolved ).

The film's climax, a three-way Mexican standoff, begins with the melody of " The Ecstasy of Gold " and is followed by " The Trio.

Hagbard Celine claims towards the climax that the entire story is a computer-generated synthesis of random conspiracies: " I can fool the rest of you, but I can't fool the reader.

* Twist ending, an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction

Following another transition, the fanfares from the first theme group return building up to an unexpected stormy climax in D minor leaving just seven measures of D major to bring the movement to a close.

Piano and orchestra continue in dialogue until the piano introduces the harmonic structure for the second theme with a loud, unexpected march-like climax.

Danny Peary in Cult Movies ( 1981 ), after admitting that he had difficulties with the “ puzzling ” climax, noted “ But while the end may ask more questions than it answers, the exciting journey that brings us to this point is one of the most rewarding sequences in the history of westerns .” Leonard Maltin said it was an “… ultimately powerful film with an offbeat performance by Nicholson as a hired gun … and an incredible, unexpected finale .” David Pirie in Time Out wrote, " Probably the first Western which really deserves to be called existential .... Hellman builds remorselessly on the atmosphere and implications of the ' quest ' until it assumes a terrifying importance in itself ... What Hellman has done is to take the basic tools of the Western, and use them, without in anyway diluting or destroying their power, as the basis for a Kafkaesque drama.

This technique creates a twist when the cause for the inciting incident is not revealed until the climax.

A twist ending can occur as the result of information which is held until the climax and which places characters or events in a different perspective.

During the time that Bruckner began work on this symphony, he was aware that Wagner's death was imminent, and so the Adagio is slow mournful music for Wagner ( the climax of the movement comes at rehearsal letter W ), and for the first time in Bruckner's oeuvre, Wagner tubas are included in the orchestra.

The climax of the Enkōmia comes during the third stásis, with the antiphon " Ō glyký mou Éar ", a lamentation of the Virgin for her dead Child (" O, my sweet spring, my sweetest child, where has your beauty gone ?").

The climax of the story comes with the epic Battle of Saint-Mihiel.

This is all contained within the " Party Cube ", which grants the wishes of its users ; the story's climax comes in the form of Bowser, who wishes to disrupt the party with his own board, hosted by Koopa Kid.

In the climax of The Lord of the Rings the city comes under a very large and determined attack by the allied forces of Mordor.

Sandra follows them and discovers their secret, and the story reaches its climax as a bad trip by Leah ( on an unnamed drug ) precipitates Sandra's breakup with Tony ; the news of Sandra's new job comes out ; and Sandra confronts Ste and Jamie.

The film comes to a climax when Frances is feted by the network program This Is Your Life.

The climax comes as one of the soldiers proudly gives Cass the St. Crispin's Day Speech by King Henry V while in full combat gear in the middle of the rain during a night exercise.

The climax comes when Arthur has the chance to insert an article that would avert history, to stop the presses at The Hour.

Just as his speech reaches its climax, the balloon comes free from its moorings and rises quickly into the air, taking Dorothy's hopes of getting home with it.

The climax of the sad liaison comes when Mr. Angel abandons Miss Sutherland at the altar on their wedding day.

Something of the devoutness of the Guru's nature comes to a climax in the concluding verse:

The climax of the film comes the next morning: Alma catches Elisabet in the kitchen with a pained expression on her face, holding a picture of a small boy.

The climax comes in Van Britten's castle.

After a brutal confrontation with Harper's mother ( Smart ), and Harper's discovery that Connie has a history of relationships with young women, the film comes to a climax in a downtrodden L. A. hotel, after a tumultuous five year relationship between the two of them, when Harper knows it is time to leave Connie.

The story comes to a climax when his cousin sets out to discover his god.

It all comes to a climax when the Trickster tells Michael he must kill Kimberly.

The climax comes less than halfway through the story, and Hawthorne intentionally failed to answer many questions about the characters and the plot.

Also, people's phones are, in the name of preventing terrorist communications, restricted to only calling certain contacts a person has that have been approved by the Department of Communications ; this fact ultimately comes back in the book's climax.

Daniel's advice comes to a climax in what is perhaps the most difficult situation of all: the wife of one's lord makes a sexual proposition.

The most famous music for the " Dance of the Seven Veils " comes from near the climax of the opera.

The book comes to one climax with the description of a great storm in lines 311 – 50, which brings all of man ’ s efforts to naught.

The climax comes when Lucius rides the horse ( named Coppermine, but called Lightning by Ned ) in an illicit race.

Then Duane comes back in for the slide guitar climax, and produces some of his best known slide guitar ; 23 minutes in.

Congratulations to director Joel Schumacher and screenwriter Carol Doyle for not including the typical Hollywood scene, which usually comes right before the climax, in which the protagonist sums up why she's willing to sacrifice all ... Aside from one lapse into sentimentality ... Joel Schumacher has crafted a smart, brisk thriller.