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Anger Allecto one of the three Furies, vengeful deities who punish evil-doers. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 274] scorned woman like whom “hell hath no fury.” [Br. Drama: The Mourning Bride] furious over loss of lock of hair. [Br. Lit.: Rape of the Lock] enraged that member of a rival street-gang is making advances to his sister. [Am. Musical: West Side Story] furiously vengeful concerning Kriemhild’s accusations of promiscuity. [Ger. Lit.: Nibelungenlied] (the Furies) angry and avenging deities who pursue evil-doers. [Gk. Myth.: Leach, 347] hapless man seethes over Bugs Bunny’s antics. [Comics: “Bugs Bunny” in Horn, 140] (Rom. Juno) angry at Zeus’s illicit sexual pleasure. [Gk. Myth.: Leach, 563] angry at wise men’s disobedience, orders slaughter of male infants. [N.T.: Matthew 2:16–17] character whose anger transforms him into monster. [Comics: Horn, 324–325] one of the three Furies, vengeful deities who punish evil-doers. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 274] goddess of vengeance. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 173] takes offense at Alceste’s criticism of sonnet. [Fr. Lit.: The Misanthrope] smothers wife, Desdemona, in paroxysm of rage over her suspected adultery. [Br. Lit.: Othello] stamps ground in rage over lass’s discovery of his name. [Ger. Fairy Tale: Rumpelstiltskin] one of the three Furies, vengeful deities who punish evil-doers. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 274] “in anger, Junolike.” [Br. Lit.: Coriolanus] indicates fury. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178] 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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The perpetration of a violent act may be framed existentially as a desire for meaning and belonging, or as a reaction to the fear and anxiety caused by repressed anger or free choice. In that way, expressing anger at her husband for drinking and going to see nude dancers, she has been able to vent the repressed anger at her father. Kim (Patricia Clarkson), a psychotherapist, never strays far from her cell phone, and husband George (Jake Weber) possesses a deep well of repressed anger. |
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