All 8 Uses of
agony
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- The ghostcandle to light her agony.†
Chpt 1 *
- Martin Cunningham whispered: —I was in mortal agony with you talking of suicide before Bloom.†
Chpt 6
- Deadly agony.†
Chpt 15
- The agony in the closet.†
Chpt 15
- He scratches himself with crossed arms at his ribs, grimacing, and exclaims:) I'm suffering the agony of the damned.†
Chpt 15
- THE MOTHER: (In the agony of her deathrattle) Have mercy on Stephen, Lord, for my sake!†
Chpt 15
- Inexpressible was my anguish when expiring with love, grief and agony on Mount Calvary.†
Chpt 15
- …the generic conditions imposed by natural, as distinct from human law, as integral parts of the human whole: the necessity of destruction to procure alimentary sustenance: the painful character of the ultimate functions of separate existence, the agonies of birth and death: the monotonous menstruation of simian and (particularly) human females extending from the age of puberty to the menopause: inevitable accidents at sea, in mines and factories: certain very painful maladies and their…†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(agony) intense feelings of suffering -- can be from mental or physical pain