"Sorrow and remorse gnaw [the] soul"

— Etherege, Sir George (1636-1691/2)


Date
1676
Metaphor
"Sorrow and remorse gnaw [the] soul"
Metaphor in Context
MRS. LOVEIT
Horror and distraction seize you! Sorrow and remorse gnaw your soul and punish all your perjuries to me!

Weeps

DORIMANT [turning to Bellinda]
"So thunder breaks the cloud in twain.
And makes a passage for the rain."
(Act II, scene ii, p. 100)
Provenance
Reading
Citation
McMillin, Scott, ed. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy. Norton Critical Edition. New York: Norton, 1973.
Date of Entry
07/23/2003

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.