All 3 Uses of
compassion
in
Gone with the Wind
- It had always been so soothing to Scarlett to hear her mother whisper, firmly but compassionately, as she tiptoed down the hall: "Hush, not so loudly.†
Chpt 1.3
- The man at her feet looked up at Scarlett compassionately.†
Chpt 3.21 *
- In her exhaustion, there was no room for compassion for the frightened child, trotting by Prissy's side, dragging at her hand and sniffling—only a weariness that she had borne him, only a tired wonder that she had ever married Charles Hamilton.†
Chpt 3.24
Definition:
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(compassion) sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help