All 5 Uses of
afflict
in
The Winter's Tale
- Alas, I have show'd too much The rashness of a woman: he is touch'd To th' noble heart—What's gone and what's past help, Should be past grief: do not receive affliction At my petition; I beseech you, rather Let me be punish'd, that have minded you Of what you should forget.†
Scene 3.2affliction = something that causes ongoing suffering
- A course more promising Than a wild dedication of yourselves To unpath'd waters, undream'd shores, most certain To miseries enough: no hope to help you; But as you shake off one to take another: Nothing so certain as your anchors; who Do their best office if they can but stay you Where you'll be loath to be: besides, you know Prosperity's the very bond of love, Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together Affliction alters.†
Scene 4.4
- One of these is true: I think affliction may subdue the cheek, But not take in the mind.†
Scene 4.4
- I am sorry, sir, I have thus far stirr'd you: but I could afflict you further.†
Scene 5.3 *afflict = cause suffering
- Do, Paulina; For this affliction has a taste as sweet As any cordial comfort.†
Scene 5.3affliction = something that causes ongoing suffering
Definition:
to cause pain, suffering, or trouble -- especially something long-lasting or hard to endure