The Climax in a work of fiction is the highest point of tension in the plot that has raising actions leading up to it. In Pygmalion, the climax is when Eliza is going to the dinner party to be passed off a duchess. It is the climax because all of her vocal lessons and interactions with Higgins and Pickering have been leading up to this moment. A point of tension is created when Nepommuck claims that Eliza is a fraud. We are there left to wonder if she will be blackmailed by Nepommuck and exposed as a liar when he then claims that Eliza has to be of Hungarian royalty. Eliza's vocal lessons are successful, and no one ever accuses her of being brought up lower class. This is the climax of Pygmalion and the moment that the whole story has been leading up to.