Both Uses of
afflict
in
Romeo and Juliet
- —Why, is not this a lamentable thing, grandsire, that we should be thus afflicted with these strange flies, these fashion-mongers, these pardonnez-moi's, who stand so much on the new form that they cannot sit at ease on the old bench?†
p. 94.3afflicted = suffering; or made to suffer
- Affliction is enanmour'd of thy parts,
And thou art wedded to calamity.†p. 146.1 *affliction = something that causes ongoing suffering
Definition:
cause suffering -- such as illness, pain, or unhappiness