All 11 Uses of
wretch
in
Oedipus the King
- And on the murderer this curse I lay (On him and all the partners in his guilt):— Wretch, may he pine in utter wretchedness!†
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- Hear then: this man whom thou hast sought to arrest With threats and warrants this long while, the wretch Who murdered Laius—that man is here.†
- Wretch whom no sojourner, no citizen May harbor or address, whom all are bound To harry from their homes.†
- Am I not utterly unclean, a wretch Doomed to be banished, and in banishment Forgo the sight of all my dearest ones, And never tread again my native earth; Or else to wed my mother and slay my sire, Polybus, who begat me and upreared?†
- JOCASTA O woe is thee, poor wretch!†
- I stand a wretch, in birth, in wedlock cursed, A parricide, incestuously, triply cursed!†
- Then she bewailed the marriage bed whereon Poor wretch, she had conceived a double brood, Husband by husband, children by her child.†
- Hapless wretch! how can I brook On thy misery to look?†
- No, such a sight could never bring me joy; Nor this fair city with its battlements, Its temples and the statues of its gods, Sights from which I, now wretchedst of all, Once ranked the foremost Theban in all Thebes, By my own sentence am cut off, condemned By my own proclamation 'gainst the wretch, The miscreant by heaven itself declared Unclean—and of the race of Laius.†
- Come hither, deign to touch an abject wretch; Draw near and fear not; I myself must bear The load of guilt that none but I can share.†
- OEDIPUS Dare ye inquire concerning such a wretch?†
Definition:
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(wretch) someone you feel sorry for
or:
a person of bad character