All 3 Uses of
sacrilege
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- The time at length arrives when grief is rather an indulgence than a necessity; and the smile that plays upon the lips, although it may be deemed a sacrilege, is not banished.†
p. 45.5
- It appeared to me sacrilege so soon to leave the repose, akin to death, of the house of mourning and to rush into the thick of life.†
p. 45.7 *
- Elizabeth was sad and desponding; she no longer took delight in her ordinary occupations; all pleasure seemed to her sacrilege toward the dead; eternal woe and tears she then thought was the just tribute she should pay to innocence so blasted and destroyed.†
p. 95.5
Definition:
disrespect of something others consider important or sacred