2 definitions by M. Meursault
by M. Meursault July 17, 2017
The triple-dotted connector used in the middle of quotations when the writer is too lazy to quote the entire sentence or phrase.
Lazy ellipsis "abc ... efg"
The inhumane and almost desperate nature of Lady Macbeth's ambitions were revealed in Act 1 Scene 5, where she asked "spirits that tend on mortal thoughts" to"Unsex her here ... fill her head to toe with direst cruelty".
In the concluding sentences of The Great Gatsby, it could be argued that Fitzgerald suggests we should embrace ambition and hope as part of our humanity, even as "we beat on ... borne back ceaselessly into the past".
The inhumane and almost desperate nature of Lady Macbeth's ambitions were revealed in Act 1 Scene 5, where she asked "spirits that tend on mortal thoughts" to"Unsex her here ... fill her head to toe with direst cruelty".
In the concluding sentences of The Great Gatsby, it could be argued that Fitzgerald suggests we should embrace ambition and hope as part of our humanity, even as "we beat on ... borne back ceaselessly into the past".
by M. Meursault July 8, 2017