All 4 Uses of
dilemma
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- When, then, the Count of Monte Cristo, hearing of the dilemma in which you are placed, has sent to offer you seats in his carriage and two places at his windows in the Palazzo Rospoli.†
Chpt 33-34 *
- "Franz and I have to thank you a thousand times, count," returned Albert; "you extricated us from a great dilemma, and we were on the point of inventing a very fantastic vehicle when your friendly invitation reached us."†
Chpt 35-36
- "Well, it will be given to some one who has done nothing to deserve it," said Beauchamp; "that is the way the Academy mostly escapes from the dilemma."†
Chpt 39-40
- He has two means of extricating me from this dilemma,—the one by a mysterious escape, managed through bribery; the other by buying off my judges with gold.†
Chpt 107-108
Definition:
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(dilemma) a situation in which a difficult choice must be made between imperfect alternatives