Both Uses of
afflict
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- This, to my mother, was more than a duty; it was a necessity, a passion—remembering what she had suffered, and how she had been relieved—for her to act in her turn the guardian angel to the afflicted.†
p. 36.1afflicted = suffering; or made to suffer
- Your affectionate and afflicted father, Alphonse Frankenstein†
p. 75.1 *
Definition:
to cause pain, suffering, or trouble -- especially something long-lasting or hard to endure