Both Uses of
grapple
in
Man And Superman
- But here and there occurs a scrap of intensely insusceptible, intensely resistant material; and that stubborn scrap grapples with the current and will not let it through until it has made itself useful to you as those two vital qualities of literature, light and heat.†
Chpt Ded. *
- Yes: he shirks all his responsibilities, and leaves his wife to grapple with them.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(grapple) to struggle:
typically a mental struggle -- as in coming to terms with something
more rarely a physical struggle -- as in hand-to-hand combat or moving something heavy or awkward