All 7 Uses of
persecution
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- If any one part of their proceedings can be said to deserve less blame than another, it was the singular indiscrimination with which they persecuted, not merely the poor and aged, as in former judicial massacres, but people of all ranks; their own equals, brethren, and wives.†
Chpt 1persecuted = treated very badly and unfairly
- It was well known that the victim had recognized the bitterness of personal enmity in his persecutor's conduct towards him, and that he declared himself hunted to death for his spoil.†
Chpt 1persecutor = someone who treats others (or another) very badly and unfairly
- The iron-hearted Puritan, the relentless persecutor, the grasping and strong-willed man was dead!†
Chpt 1 *
- "Yes," thought Hepzibah, with grief of which it was only the more tolerable portion that welled up from her heart to her eyelids, "they persecuted his mother in him!†
Chpt 4persecuted = treated very badly and unfairly
- "He is in no danger of death," said Hepzibah,—and added, with bitterness that she could repress no longer, "none; unless he shall be persecuted to death, now, by the same man who long ago attempted it!"†
Chpt 15
- Then, why do you persecute us any longer?†
Chpt 15persecute = treat very badly and unfairly
- Is this your price for ceasing to persecute poor Clifford?†
Chpt 15
Definition:
very bad and unfair treatment of others -- often because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs