All 5 Uses of
ordeal
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- Men will even give their lives if only the ordeal does not last long but is soon over, with all looking on and applauding as though on the stage.†
Chpt 2 *
- The Sufferings Of A Soul, The First Ordeal And so Mitya sat looking wildly at the people round him, not understanding what was said to him.†
Chpt 9
- The Second Ordeal "You don't know how you encourage us, Dmitri Fyodorovitch, by your readiness to answer," said Nikolay Parfenovitch, with an animated air, and obvious satisfaction beaming in his very prominent, short-sighted, light gray eyes, from which he had removed his spectacles a moment before.†
Chpt 9
- Chapter V. The Third Ordeal Though Mitya spoke sullenly, it was evident that he was trying more than ever not to forget or miss a single detail of his story.†
Chpt 9
- And so, if he has confessed, then why, I ask again, did he not avow the whole truth in the last letter he left behind, knowing that the innocent prisoner had to face this terrible ordeal the next day?†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(ordeal) a very difficult or painful experience