All 3 Uses of
pathos
in
Steppenwolf
- Laughing still, he let the distorted, the murdered and murderous music ooze out and on; and laughing still, he replied: "Please, no pathos, my friend!†
- Just listen, you poor creature, listen without either pathos or mockery, while far away behind the veil of this hopelessly idiotic and ridiculous apparatus the form of this divine music passes by.†
- However, enough of pathos and death-dealing.†
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Definition:
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(pathos) a quality that arouses pity or sorrow