what is the climax of the prose "tight corner"...pls any one answer ....11th std students
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Tight Corners – E. V. Lucas (Summary)
In the humorous essay “Tight Corners” E. V. Lucas points out that tight corners can be both mental as well as physical but the mental tight corners are too difficult to bear.
Once the narrator went with his friend to Christie’s, an Art Gallery and an auction-sale hall, where Barbizon pictures were put up. The narrator has neither knowledge about art pictures nor had enough money to participate in the bidding. He had only sixty-three pounds that too in the bank. He had no securities either. The auction was started and the narrator, not understanding the seriousness, started raising the bid amount marginally. By that time, a Daubingy picture was put on for sale. A Rich man bade four thousand guineas for it. As usual, the narrator, just for fun raised the bid by fifty guineas more.
Lucas thought that someone would raise the bid further. But, to his surprise, nobody else bade after that. The narrator was panic-stricken. No doubt, he unwittingly got into a (mental) tight corner. He could not find ways as how to raise such a huge amount. Sensing the impending danger his friend had already left the place. Finally, the narrator decided to confess his foolishness to the auctioneer himself and get rid of the critical situation.
Intermittently luck favours someone. In this case, also our narrator is favoured by the luck. All of a sudden, the unexpected incident happened. At that time of critical condition, a rich bidder’s agent approached the narrator and offered fifty guineas, provided he passed on the art picture to the bidder. The narrator was immensely relieved. He was about to weep in joy. Yet, he had the presence of the mind to demand a hundred guineas. When a cheque for that amount was given to him, then his joy doubled
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The climax of the prose ”tight corner”.
Explanation:
- The Author went to an auction event and out of fun he has bide a piece of art as 4500 guineas but he was a shortage of 50 guineas. He was in big trouble since he doesn’t know where he can arrange the extra guineas.
- To his surprise, a rich man has offered him 50 guineas. The author wanted to use his luck and demanded 100 guineas from the rich man. To his surprise, he got the 100 guineas cheque. The author proved to be quite lucky at the end.
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