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Remorse See also Regret. Ayenbite of Inwit (Remorse of Conscience) Middle English version of medieval moral treatise, c. 1340. [Br. Lit.: Barnhart, 74] commits suicide out of remorse for unwittingly having killed husband, Hercules. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 709] commits suicide upon the funeral pyre of her beloved Pyrrhus for having instigated his murder. [Fr. Drama: Racine Andromaque] commits suicide when she realizes she has married son, Oedipus. [Gk. Lit.: Oedipus Rex] tormented by his memory of having saved himself from a sinking ship with 800 Muslims aboard. [Br. Lit.: Joseph Conrad Lord Jim in Magill I, 522] magician, living alone in an Alpine castle, broods on his alienation from mankind and on his destruction of the woman he loved. [Br. Poetry: Byron “Manfred”] crazed by guilt for inciting mother’s suicide. [Am. Lit.: Mourning Becomes Electra] blinds self upon learning of his crimes. [Gk. Lit.: Oedipus Rex] commits suicide from guilt for wife’s murder. [Br. Lit.: Othello] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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"MY boy," said an aged Father to his fiery and disobedient Son, "a hot temper is the soil of remorse. But remorse is not thus banished; like Virgil's wounded hero, he carried the arrow in his wound, and, arrived at the salon, Villefort uttered a sigh that was almost a sob, and sank into a chair. But among the conflicting sensations which assailed her, there was neither shame nor remorse. |
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