All 4 Uses of
labyrinth
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- He then endeavored to re-enter the marvellous grottos, but they had suddenly receded, and now the path became a labyrinth, and then the entrance vanished, and in vain did he tax his memory for the magic and mysterious word which opened the splendid caverns of Ali Baba to the Arabian fisherman.†
Chpt 23-24
- Then following the clew that, in the hands of the Abbe Faria, had been so skilfully used to guide him through the Daedalian labyrinth of probabilities, he thought that the Cardinal Spada, anxious not to be watched, had entered the creek, concealed his little barque, followed the line marked by the notches in the rock, and at the end of it had buried his treasure.†
Chpt 23-24
- "Ah," cried Albert, "it is very lucky that M. Morrel comes to aid me; you are vexed, are you not, that he thus gives a clew to the labyrinth?"†
Chpt 39-40 *
- How could she extricate herself from this labyrinth?†
Chpt 99-100
Definition:
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(labyrinth) a maze (a complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost)
or: anything so complicated that it is extremely confusing
or: a complex anatomical system of interconnecting cavities -- especially the inner eareditor's notes: The word "labyrinth" comes from the name of the maze of passages where, in Greek mythology, Theseus had to escape from the Minotaur.