All 8 Uses of
mortal
in
Faust -- translated by Brooks
- that mortals so unhappy prove!†
Chpt All *mortals = humans (especially merely humans) or people subject to death
- No spirit stands on legs in all creation,
And here you dance just as we mortals do!†Chpt All
- Here we are again at our wits' ends already, where the thread of sense, with you mortals, snaps short.†
Chpt All
- Well that it was not given to you miserable mortals!†
Chpt All
- Boldly draw near and rend the gates asunder,
By which each cowering mortal gladly steals.†Chpt All
- O trust me, who since first I fell from heaven,
Have chewed this tough meat many a thousand year,
No man digests the ancient leaven,
No mortal, from the cradle to the bier.†Chpt All
- Below thy sight the mortal cast,
And to the glorious vision give at last—
[with a gesture]
I must not say what termination!†Chpt All
- Its haggard look congeals a mortal's blood,
And almost turns him into stone;
The story of Medusa thou hast known.†Chpt All
Definitions:
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(1)
(mortal as in: mortal body) human (especially merely human); or subject to death
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(2)
(mortal as in: a mortal wound) causing death
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(3)
(mortal as in: felt mortal agony) extreme or intense
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)