All 4 Uses of
strife
in
Anna Karenina
- She did not want strife, she blamed him for wanting to quarrel, but unconsciously put herself into an attitude of antagonism.†
Part 7 *
- And she felt that beside the love that bound them together there had grown up between them some evil spirit of strife, which she could not exorcise from his, and still less from her own heart.†
Part 7
- There was something mortifying in the way he had said "Come, that's good," as one says to a child when it leaves off being naughty, and still more mortifying was the contrast between her penitent and his self-confident tone; and for one instant she felt the lust of strife rising up in her again, but making an effort she conquered it, and met Vronsky as good-humoredly as before.†
Part 7
- And death rose clearly and vividly before her mind as the sole means of bringing back love for her in his heart, of punishing him and of gaining the victory in that strife which the evil spirit in possession of her heart was waging with him.†
Part 7
Definition:
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(strife) violent conflict or angry disagreement