What is the climax of the short story “the lady, or the tiger? ”? the king discovers one of his courtiers has been dating the princess. the king is entertained by administering justice in public in the arena. the princess determines which door has the tiger behind it. the suitor selects a door and reaches out to open it.

"night. no one was praying for the night to pass quickly. the stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes." explain the images included in the passage. how is the use of the image of night contradictory to how we might expect it to be used