All 5 Uses of
ordeal
in
Grendel
- She even understands—more terrible, no doubt, than all the rest—old Hrothgar's knowledge that peace must be searched through ordeal upon ordeal, with no final prospect but failure.†
Chpt 8ordeal = very difficult or painful experience
- She even understands—more terrible, no doubt, than all the rest—old Hrothgar's knowledge that peace must be searched through ordeal upon ordeal, with no final prospect but failure.†
Chpt 8
- In any case, I too am learning, ordeal by ordeal, my indignity.†
Chpt 8
- In any case, I too am learning, ordeal by ordeal, my indignity.†
Chpt 8
- Hrothgar is asleep now, resting up for tomorrow's ordeal of waiting.
Chpt 9 *
Definition:
a very difficult or painful experience