All 3 Uses of
persecution
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Gringoire, still followed by his three persecutors, and not knowing very well what was to become of him, marched along in terror among them, turning out for the lame, stepping over the cripples in bowls, with his feet imbedded in that ant-hill of lame men, like the English captain who got caught in the quicksand of a swarm of crabs.†
Chpt 1.2.6
- She felt the terrible images which had so long persecuted her, gradually departing.†
Chpt 2.9.4 *persecuted = treated very badly and unfairly
- As soon as he learned that the gypsy was alive, the cold ideas of spectre and tomb which had persecuted him for a whole day vanished, and the flesh returned to goad him.†
Chpt 2.9.5
Definition:
very bad and unfair treatment of others -- often because of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political beliefs