Both Uses of
paralysis
in
Moby Dick
- in what eternal, unstirring paralysis, and deadly, hopeless trance, yet lies antique Adam who died sixty round centuries ago;†
Chpt 7-9 *
- This was still more strangely evinced by those of their number, who, completely paralysed as it were, helplessly floated like water-logged dismantled ships on the sea.†
Chpt 85-87unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it paralyzed.
Definition:
loss of the ability to move the body or a part of it
or:
inability to act or make a decision
or:
inability to act or make a decision