All 3 Uses of
persecution
in
Wuthering Heights
- 'I'm not going to endure the persecutions of your hospitable ancestors again.†
Chpt 3 *
- This endurance made old Earnshaw furious, when he discovered his son persecuting the poor fatherless child, as he called him.†
Chpt 4
- But Heathcliff affirms his principal reason for resuming a connection with his ancient persecutor is a wish to instal himself in quarters at walking distance from the Grange, and an attachment to the house where we lived together; and likewise a hope that I shall have more opportunities of seeing him there than I could have if he settled in Gimmerton.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(persecution) very bad and unfair treatment of others -- often because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs