Both Uses of
oblivion
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- This deep silence, this deep grief, this profound oblivion in which everything had disappeared except one thing, produced upon them the effect of the grand altar at Christmas or Easter.†
Chpt 1.6.3 *
- That night, la Esmeralda had fallen asleep in her cell, full of oblivion, of hope, and of sweet thoughts.†
Chpt 2.9.6
Definition:
the state of being completely forgotten
or:
the state of being completely destroyed -- typically so as to no longer exist
or:
a state of having lost all sense of what is going on -- as during sleep or use of some drugs
or:
the state of being completely destroyed -- typically so as to no longer exist
or:
a state of having lost all sense of what is going on -- as during sleep or use of some drugs