All 6 Uses of
ecstasy
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.†
p. 71.7 *
- She was no longer that happy creature who in earlier youth wandered with me on the banks of the lake and talked with ecstasy of our future prospects.†
p. 95.7
- It had then filled me with a sublime ecstasy that gave wings to the soul and allowed it to soar from the obscure world to light and joy.†
p. 100.2
- They produced in me an infinity of new images and feelings, that sometimes raised me to ecstasy, but more frequently sunk me into the lowest dejection.†
p. 130.9
- Never will I give up my search until he or I perish; and then with what ecstasy shall I join my Elizabeth and my departed friends, who even now prepare for me the reward of my tedious toil and horrible pilgrimage!†
p. 208.9
- I strained my sight to discover what it could be and uttered a wild cry of ecstasy when I distinguished a sledge and the distorted proportions of a well-known form within.†
p. 211.0
Definitions:
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(1)
(ecstasy as in: ecstasy of love) a state of intense happiness
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, ecstasy is used as the street name of an illegal drug known to produce feelings of euphoria, but associated with damage of the central nervous system.
Still more rarely, ecstasy can reference a trance, frenzy, or altered state of consciousness marked by overwhelming emotion -- especially joy from a religious experience.