Both Uses of
dilemma
in
The Age of Innocence
- Of course the dilemma was purely hypothetical; since he wasn't a blackguard Polish nobleman, it was absurd to speculate what his wife's rights would be if he WERE.†
Chpt 6 *
- It was just like Ellen, Mrs. Welland's tired voice implied, to place the family in such a dilemma.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(dilemma) a situation in which a difficult choice must be made between imperfect alternatives