All 4 Uses of
climax
in
1984, by Orwell
- He would ravish her and cut her throat at the moment of climax.
p. 15.5climax = orgasm (most intense feeling)
- The Hate rose to its climax.
p. 15.7 *climax = highest intensity
- Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a blow struck against the Party.
p. 126.9climax = orgasm (most intense feeling)
- …the rolling of drums and squealing of trumpets, the tramp of marching feet, the grinding of the caterpillars of tanks, the roar of massed planes, the booming of guns — after six days of this, when the great orgasm was quivering to its climax and the general hatred of Eurasia had boiled up into such delirium that if the crowd could have got their hands on the 2,000 Eurasian war-criminals who were to be publicly hanged on the last day of the proceedings, they would unquestionably…
p. 180.2climax = time of highest intensity
Definition:
the most exciting or important part of a story, musical piece, or other thing that has a series of events