Word: climaxes
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Down three with 2:19 left in the fourth quarter, Harvard took possession of the ball on its own 12-yard line and began an epic 81-yard march downfield that would climax in one of the most disappointing moments of the Crimson’s season...
...pretended to be another woman, whom he then married. You're skipping this paragraph, but my pleasure in recalling this production must overrule your bored befuddlement. The disputants plead their respective cases: individually in Act One, then together in Act Two, then with the mysterious wife at the climax...
...bullets, bombs and dramatic battlefield deaths, Battle Royale II lacks the original's who'll-die-next-and-how suspense. Much of the satisfaction in the first movie came from watching the kids transform, Lord of the Flies-like, into bloodthirsty killing machines as the game races towards its climax. The characters in the sequel are a simpler breed, eventually teaming up against malevolent adults. Fans of the stubbornly misanthropic original may feel betrayed by the intrusion of more humane sentiments...
...climax of the second book, Chamber of Secrets, he asserts, works as pure Christian allegory. "It's the story of Harry fighting a serpent and overcoming it with the sword of Gryffindor. He is unable to accomplish this by himself and must call for help, which comes from above, most often in the form of the word of truth or a double-edged sword. It's not just a snake he has to overcome but a snake summoned by [the evil wizard] Voldemort's memory. Over and over in these medieval mystery morality plays, it's the memory...
Good example: Cape Fear, with Peck as the head of a family menaced by all-time cunning sicko Robert Mitchum. At the climax, Peck trains a gun on the villain. Shoot 'im, Greg! But no. This time the good guy is not going to kill the bad guy; the rotter will be tried, convicted and imprisoned. A less confident actor might have let this verdict sound like weakness, but Peck sells the notion that life in jail is as unpleasant as a bullet...