Both Uses of
bane
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- In what am I benefited by accompanying my son so far, since I now abandon him, and allow him to depart alone to the baneful climate of Africa?†
Chpt 111-112 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- There are as many elixirs of every kind as there are caprices and peculiarities in the physical and moral nature of humanity; and I will say further—the art of these chemists is capable with the utmost precision to accommodate and proportion the remedy and the bane to yearnings for love or desires for vengeance.†
Chpt 51-52 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (bane as in: bane of my existence) something that causes misery
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(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely and archaically, "bane" references a poison -- often in combination with a plant name such as Wolfsbane.