Honor
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8.Honor and the reputation of women and of families
8a.A woman's honor and the fear of scandal
See also: Love 5a
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 87Nausicaa dreads the insolent gossip and reproach of the baser folk, and guards her reputation and maidenly propriety.read · scan
- p. 96–97He declines to follow Nausicaa from fear and shame lest her father suspect, defending her against blame.read · scan
Aeschylus, AgamemnonVol. 8
- p. 29–30She stresses her fame and reputation as a faithful wife; the herald says a noble dame speaks well if truth informs the boast.read · scan
Euripides, HippolytusVol. 8
- p. 311–313Phaedra is sick with shame at her ravings and the disgrace of madness.read · scan
- p. 315–317Phaedra longs to stand guiltless in her husband's eyes, guarding her reputation.read · scan
- p. 317–320Phaedra hopes to build honour out of shame and preserve her fame by her deed.read · scan
- p. 320–321She chooses death rather than live in shame, and curses women who cast honour away.read · scan
- p. 321–323Phaedra will die rather than shame husband and children; she wants her children to hold their heads up, proud of their mother.read · scan
- p. 323–326Phaedra insists honour must be saved, not fair false words; Nurse says such honour is worth less than saving her life.read · scan
- p. 328–331Phaedra laments that the Nurse tried to help with love instead of honour and wrecked all; she resolves to die.read · scan
- p. 331–334Phaedra blames the Nurse for making her lose the chance to die in honour, and fears Hippolytus will disgrace her to the King.read · scan
- p. 334–335Phaedra clings to saving some honour for her children's sake and will not shame her Cretan house before Theseus.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 127Creusa avoids the shame of captivity that would disgrace her goddess-mother and royal race.read · scan
- p. 152Dido fears shame and her fame; Anna's counsel resolves her scruples of reputation.read · scan
- p. 152Dido, careless of honor, veils her disgrace as marriage; Fame spreads the report.read · scan
Pliny the Younger, Letters of PlinyVol. 9
- p. 327The wife gained great honour by her devotion despite the reputation lost by marrying for supposed wealth.read · scan
Stories from the Thousand and One NightsVol. 16
- p. 376–377Though consumed with love, Ala-ed-Din respects the princess's honour, laying a sword between them and doing her no wrong.read · scan
Songs from the Elder EddaVol. 49
- p. 433–436Atli insists she would not fall to shame, while she admits shame follows where love deals.read · scan
Traditional BalladsVol. 40
- p. 51–53Mother fears the disgrace of a daughter married secretly at night.read · scan
- p. 104–106She will not yield because the slaughter of a wife would be talked of throughout the land.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 87Her free life gives no sign of dishonesty; the priest's praise among villagers shows reputation's force.read · scan
- p. 87–89Marcela watches over her honour so carefully that no suitor can boast of the least hope from her.read · scan
- p. 170Fame from ending the adventure; the damsel guards her lady's honor.read · scan
- p. 239–240She urges him to act without a writ on her honour.read · scan
- p. 255Dorothea explains she must tell her story so her reputation, endangered by her being found young, alone and disguised, does not hang suspended in their opinions.read · scan
- p. 257Her parents say they have deposited their honour and reputation in her virtue; her honesty resists Fernando.read · scan
- p. 257–258She guards her honour behind locked doors, yet Fernando enters her chamber.read · scan
- p. 259Dorothea refuses to compromise her honour even to gain liberty from a lion's paws; asserts humble worth equal to a lord's.read · scan
- p. 261She fears dishonour and blame if she refuses and he uses violence, with no witnesses to her innocence.read · scan
- p. 265She grieves that her credit is wrecked by the public crier and the rumor that her base servant carried her off.read · scan
- p. 265–266She fears becoming a subject of men's talk and hides so as to leave no memory of her mishap.read · scan
- p. 315Women's honour consists in good opinion of them; Camilla is a precious diamond whose worth cannot rise by testing.read · scan
- p. 325Camilla thinks it neither secure nor honest to give Lothario leisure and recalls her husband.read · scan
- p. 327–328She fears staying endangers her honesty and reputation and worries about suspicion from servants.read · scan
- p. 328Camilla's care of her honour is overcome.read · scan
- p. 332Camilla fears her haste will cost her Lothario's esteem; Leonela replies that a worthy gift given quickly loses no value.read · scan
- p. 332Camilla fears for her honour on learning of the maid's affair.read · scan
- p. 334A bad woman loses reputation even with the man she yields to, who credits any suspicion of her.read · scan
- p. 336Camilla fears for her credit and reputation because Leonela's lover is seen leaving her house; Lothario's dishonourable revenge on Camilla is noted.read · scan
- p. 338Camilla and Leonela weigh dishonour, credit and fame; Camilla feigns readiness to kill or die for her honour and loyalty to her spouse.read · scan
- p. 339Camilla claims revenge for her disgrace, refusing to imitate Lucretia by dying without first punishing the offender; Leonela hails her chastity.read · scan
- p. 340Camilla proclaims she will keep her loyalty to her lord and be avenged on the false friend, departing as pure as she entered.read · scan
- p. 341Camilla's performance is staged to vindicate her honour and her husband's.read · scan
- p. 344Lothario delights in Camilla's feigned honour, imagining Anselmo will think he has a second Portia for a wife.read · scan
- p. 359She recalls her honest life, lost through his importunity, and denies coming by dishonourable steps.read · scan
- p. 437The lady's honour endangered by coming to the window.read · scan
- p. 501The father takes comfort that his daughter's honour is preserved despite the lost riches; he hopes time will erase her bad reputation.read · scan
Edmund Spenser, PoemsVol. 40
- p. 250–251Her proud looks defend honor; pride defended as scorn of base things.read · scan
Christopher Marlowe, Edward the SecondVol. 46
- p. 41Isabella fears her honour will be questioned if the suspicious king hears she talked with Mortimer.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkVol. 46
- p. 107Ophelia risks loss of honour and chastity if she credits Hamlet's songs.read · scan
William Shakespeare, The TempestVol. 46
- p. 399–410Caliban sought to violate the honour of Prospero's child.read · scan
- p. 443Ferdinand pledges that his honour will not be dissolved into lust.read · scan
Ben Jonson, The AlchemistVol. 47
- p. 589Face says widows are of no price until famous; their honour is their multitude of suitors.read · scan
- p. 635–636Surly says he spared the widow's honour from harm and warns of credulity.read · scan
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Philaster, or Love Lies A-BleedingVol. 47
- p. 682–684Arethusa withdraws in honour when Pharamond proposes stolen delights before marriage.read · scan
- p. 696–697Megra laments the public exposure of a lady's honour; Pharamond protests he will not be dishonoured by the King's search of his lodging.read · scan
- p. 697The King heaps shameful abuse on Megra's lost honour; she threatens to publish the princess's alleged dishonour and ruin her name.read · scan
- p. 731Bellario says outliving Philaster would mean outliving virtue and honour; Arethusa swears by a virgin's honourread · scan
John Webster, The Duchess of MalfiVol. 47
- p. 764–767She entrusts Cariola with her fame as more than her life.read · scan
- p. 767Antonio promises to remain the sanctuary of her good name.read · scan
Philip Massinger, A New Way to Pay Old DebtsVol. 47
- p. 862The widow Lady Allworth keeps her reputation clear of any taint of infamy.read · scan
- p. 898–901Margaret argues that yielding her maiden honour would only make Lovell forsake her; Overreach threatens bloody accounting and forced marriage to cure her honour.read · scan
- p. 925Margaret will pay a lord the debts due his title but refuses treatment that ignores her own honour.read · scan
Pierre Corneille, PolyeucteVol. 26
- p. 115Pauline calls marrying Severus after her husband's death a disgrace and pledges constancy; Severus is stirred to generosity by her example.read · scan
Molière, Tartuffe, or The HypocriteVol. 26
- p. 251–253He argues men like him guard their good name and thereby the lady's reputation.read · scan
- p. 253–255Elmire says an honest wife avoids scandal and her honor does not hang on telling; Damis speaks of dishonour.read · scan
- p. 266–269Elmire distinguishes a woman's honor from savage prudery.read · scan
- p. 271–272Elmire says modesty and honor make women oppose their hearts' desire outwardly.read · scan
John Dryden, All for Love; or, The World Well LostVol. 18
- p. 67Cleopatra says the world condemns her while Octavia bears the specious title of wife.read · scan
- p. 67–69Cleopatra laments losing honour and fame and bearing the branded name of mistress.read · scan
- p. 77–81Alexas says love drew Cleopatra from due regard of honour.read · scan
Jean Racine, PhaedraVol. 26
- p. 142–146She wished to die to keep her fame unsullied.read · scan
- p. 157–158Phaedra protests she has not forgotten her honour; Hippolytus is ashamed at misconstruing her words.read · scan
- p. 165–166She dreads the name and disgrace she will leave behind, and the scorn on her children.read · scan
Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to ConquerVol. 18
- p. 244–246Marlow assumes an inn barmaid has no honour to lose, while Hastings believes the girl has virtue.read · scan
Oliver Goldsmith, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 505Concealing shame from every eye; reputation at stake.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, or The Soldier's FortuneVol. 26
- p. 361–363Tellheim says Minna has lost in the world's eyes but gained in his; her distrust of his honour troubles him.read · scan
- p. 367–368She sends him back to the road of honour, fearing calumny on herself as a fugitive would shame him.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 155–157Bessy gossips of Barbara's shame and public penance; the seduced maid faces disgrace and mockery.read · scan
- p. 162–164Dying Valentine predicts Gretchen's infamy, social exile and loss of place in church, cursing her shame.read · scan
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for ScandalVol. 18
- p. 166–167Joseph pleads his honour as reason not to persuade Lady Teazle to wrong; she asks to leave honour out of the argument, mocking his hypocrisy.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 248–250Lordly honour turns away from ruined maiden innocence, shunning pity.read · scan
- p. 293–295Frowning Honour keeps the lover from declaring his passion.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 128Villagers say it would be a disgrace if villains could carry off women with impunity, though the pursuit fizzles out.read · scan
- p. 153Fear of shame and disgrace, and the respect a nun commands, push her toward the cloister.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The CenciVol. 18
- p. 306–309Public accusation would make her fame a byword for gossips, deterring her from exposing the crime.read · scan
- p. 320He would put Beatrice in the broad noon of public scorn and make her name a terror.read · scan
- p. 334Beatrice says accusation kills an innocent name and leaves life a mask.read · scan
John Greenleaf Whittier, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1363–1364Jackson's nobler nature stirs to shame and he protects her; she is honored after death.read · scan
8b.Slander and calumny of women and the defense of their good name
See also: Chivalry 5b
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 167–168The maid's shame and the abductor's dishonor for violating her are stressed.read · scan
- p. 169–171The gentlewoman threatens that all ladies will say he is dishonoured if he refuses.read · scan
- p. 189–190The gentlewoman counts herself blessed for having made the worthiest knight of the world; Galahad vows to be her knight.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 82–83He fought a duel after giving the lie to one who slighted his lady's beauty; disclaims wanting to entrap her honour.read · scan
- p. 108–109Don Quixote declares Marcela blameless and deserving honour and esteem from all good men.read · scan
- p. 206–207Don Quixote defends the noble Queen Madasima's reputation and challenges anyone who maligns her.read · scan
- p. 210Don Quixote defends Queen Madasima's honour against the slander that she loved a barber, calling it blasphemy and a madness deserving severe punishment.read · scan
- p. 210–211Queen Madasima's reputation is defended against vulgar suspicion of her friendship with Elisabat.read · scan
- p. 461Quixote resents slander against royal persons and decency; Dorothea's reputation is at stake.read · scan
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Philaster, or Love Lies A-BleedingVol. 47
- p. 697–699They call the princess dishonest and lament that freemen of noble name must endure it.read · scan
- p. 700Philaster angrily defends the princess's good name, calling slander of a lady an infectious sin.read · scan
- p. 704Bellario refuses to reveal or invent anything against the princess, insisting she is chaste, even under torture.read · scan
- p. 710Philaster pledges to right her honour as her servant.read · scan
- p. 724–726Pharamond swears by all his love to avenge the princess, and the rustic boasts of defending a woman.read · scan
Jean Racine, PhaedraVol. 26
- p. 183–185Aricia urges defending honour from shameful stain.read · scan
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm, or The Soldier's FortuneVol. 26
- p. 341–342Tellheim warns Werner against jesting with young women beyond a certain point.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 159–161Valentine confronts the men who threaten his sister's good name.read · scan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 721–722Leoline vows to proclaim the wrongdoers infamous and challenge them to a tourney to vindicate the lady.read · scan
Ernest Renan, The Poetry of the Celtic RacesVol. 32
- p. 158The knight's zeal in defending ladies' honour became a satirical euphemism among French imitators.read · scan
8c.Family honor, the stained escutcheon and ancestral name
See also: Revenge 3c
Homer, The OdysseyVol. 22
- p. 306–307Twelve maids dishonoured the household by disrespecting Penelope and the nurse, and the wooers honoured no man.read · scan
- p. 307–308Telemachus refuses the maids a clean death because they poured dishonour on him and his mother.read · scan
- p. 332–333Odysseus bids Telemachus not shame his father's house; Telemachus promises not to disgrace his line.read · scan
Sophocles, Oedipus the KingVol. 8
- p. 253The shame of their father's crimes will fall on his children and bar them from marriage.read · scan
Sophocles, AntigoneVol. 8
- p. 284–287Antigone, last of the royal line, appeals for reverence where due.read · scan
Virgil, The AeneidVol. 13
- p. 243–245Warrior ancestors carved above the portal with honorable wounds; Ilioneus says sheltering Troy will bring endless honor.read · scan
Plutarch, AlcibiadesVol. 12
- p. 145Brothers cannot endure the indignity done to their sister.read · scan
Plutarch, AntonyVol. 12
- p. 386Charmion says the suicide became a descendant of many kings.read · scan
The Song of RolandVol. 49
- p. 189–190Thierry claims the quarrel in the name of his lineage and pledges his word in fight.read · scan
- p. 191–193Pinabel would defend his kinsman to the last, rather than face disgrace.read · scan
The Story of the Volsungs and NiblungsVol. 49
- p. 354–355Jormunrek's honour is thought lost, as feathers plucked from a hawk signify; the alliance is called one of great honour.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, PurgatoryVol. 20
- p. 175–179Dante praises the fame of the Malaspina house across Europe; its glory for purse and sword makes the land walk aright.read · scan
Dante Alighieri, ParadiseVol. 20
- p. 355–356Ancient families' renown, arms and knightly symbolsread · scan
Sir Thomas Malory, The Holy GrailVol. 35
- p. 114Death in the quest is called a great honour; Guenever tells Galahad his father's lineage obliges him to be a good man.read · scan
- p. 150–151Acknowledging Galahad will be to Launcelot's worship and honour and his kindred's.read · scan
- p. 174Lionel taunts Bors as the untruest knight, unworthy of their father's house.read · scan
- p. 194–195She says dying will win her worship, soul's health, and honor for her lineage.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 14Remarks on Bandinello's father's humble birth and the family honor Bandinello founded.read · scan
- p. 20–21The father prizes the honour of the family above all; Cellini promises to bring honour and profit.read · scan
Miguel de Cervantes, The History of Don Quixote of the Mancha, Part IVol. 14
- p. 267Dorothea would banish herself from her parents rather than face them shamed, divorced from the honesty her modest behaviour promised.read · scan
- p. 307A married man's honour is tender and may be impaired even by friends.read · scan
- p. 310–312Lothario notes Anselmo's request would deprive him of honour and life.read · scan
- p. 312–313Lothario argues a man without reputation is worse than dead, and that being the instrument of Anselmo's dishonour would dishonour him too.read · scan
- p. 317Lothario shows soliciting Camilla would dishonour both him and Anselmo; a husband shares disgrace of an adulterous wife.read · scan
- p. 318Honours and dishonours spring from flesh and blood; the husband shares the wife's disgrace.read · scan
- p. 324Anselmo plots his own dishonour; Camilla's honour and modesty are his treasure.read · scan
- p. 331–332Anselmo forges his own dishonour while Camilla seems to rise in reputation.read · scan
- p. 336–337Anselmo expects to see the bowels of his honour anatomized and to lose his felicity in Camilla.read · scan
- p. 341She claims to sacrifice herself to her husband's offended honour tainted by Lothario's malice.read · scan
- p. 351Anselmo unwittingly weaves his own dishonour while thinking to gain contentment.read · scan
- p. 352Anselmo, abandoned by wife, friend and servants, sees his perdition and lost honour in Camilla's crime.read · scan
- p. 354–355He calls himself builder and contriver of his own dishonour.read · scan
- p. 368Quixote promises to restore the princess's crown and her father's honour through knightly feats.read · scan
Sir Walter Raleigh, The Discovery of GuianaVol. 33
- p. 322–324Aguirre kills his children so they will not be defamed as children of a tyrant.read · scan
John Webster, The Duchess of MalfiVol. 47
- p. 762–764They warn she will poison her fame; the cardinal invokes honour.read · scan
- p. 786Royal blood of Aragon and Castile is deemed attainted by the sister's supposed shame.read · scan
- p. 791The Duchess vows to marry for the family's honour and mentions a scandalous report touching her honour; Ferdinand feigns indifference to court calumny.read · scan
- p. 794–795Ferdinand is consumed by shame at his sister's supposed dishonour and demands concealment of her lover's name.read · scan
Molière, Tartuffe, or The HypocriteVol. 26
- p. 224–227Dorine says she cares for Orgon's honor and won't see him ridiculed.read · scan
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's ProgressVol. 15
- p. 264The family's worthy name and ancestors are held in honor.read · scan
Jean Racine, PhaedraVol. 26
- p. 185–186Hippolytus keeps silence to spare his father's shame; Aricia weighs her honour and reputation.read · scan
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in FranceVol. 24
- p. 211–212The queen's rank and race, and resolve to avoid disgrace, are praised.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Tragedy of Faust, Part IVol. 19
- p. 157–159Valentine once proudly praised Gretchen; now her shame makes him a mock among comrades.read · scan
- p. 164–167Dying Valentine says her dishonour pierced his heart, while he departs to God a soldier.read · scan
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, EgmontVol. 19
- p. 267–268The mother had felt honoured in her daughter when Egmont greeted her.read · scan
Robert Burns, Poems and SongsVol. 6
- p. 70–72He fears dishonour and public shame for himself and elders.read · scan
- p. 264–267Ancestors reverenced the Stuart name and fell to right it, and would spurn a son who slighted it.read · scan
- p. 341–343Longing for the honoured land of the Comyns on the Nith.read · scan
- p. 465–467Galloway is mocked as unworthy of the brave Stewart line and of noble ancestry.read · scan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, PoemsVol. 41
- p. 727–728Baron feels dishonored and his hospitality to his friend's daughter shamed.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 61The friars shun disgrace to the convent; the relatives may boast he turned friar from dread.read · scan
- p. 62–63The Signor stages the public submission to enhance his family's importance and prestige among friends.read · scan
- p. 156He claims a man of honour could not give such a daughter to any gentleman.read · scan
- p. 159–160The Prince rejoices that his daughter is treated according to her rank and upholds family dignity; visitors flatter her with promised distinctions.read · scan
- p. 167The Prince fears that any hesitation by Gertrude will risk his honour and the world's judgment of his conduct.read · scan
- p. 181–182Attilio takes his cousin's side as friendship and family name require, by their notions of friendship and honour.read · scan
- p. 300–301Attilio appeals to the family's reputation and Rodrigo's roused spirit.read · scan
- p. 302Securing Rodrigo's honour and the family's reputation is the stated aim.read · scan
- p. 309–310The Count threatens that the family's honour and adherents will be engaged, making it a party affair, unless the matter is settled quietly.read · scan
Percy Bysshe Shelley, The CenciVol. 18
- p. 343Beatrice appeals to her house's stainless fame and the reverence men have for it.read · scan
- p. 347Beatrice fears eternal honour turned to infamy and mockery, the crowd making their calamity a spectacle.read · scan
- p. 355She asks Bernardo to remain constant in faith that she lived holy and unstained despite shame on the family name.read · scan
Ralph Waldo Emerson, English TraitsVol. 5
- p. 405–406A territorial name challenges its bearer to duty and honor.read · scan
John Greenleaf Whittier, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1344–1346Virginia is told she shames her gallant ancestry and the memory of the fathers.read · scan
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1011–1012Shame of a good family name and a son hanged as a thiefread · scan
Robert Browning, A Blot in the 'ScutcheonVol. 18
- p. 359–362Retainers celebrate the House's prosperity; old Gerard is said to have fretted over the smallest matter touching the House's honour and decorum.read · scan
- p. 373Mildred feels her guilty love shames her; Mertoun says his honour is hers and he will share disgrace.read · scan
- p. 373–378Tresham furious that a fool dares pry into his sister's privacy; the servant reports a nightly intruder.read · scan
- p. 378–380The fear of a stain upon the family name underlies his distress.read · scan
- p. 381–382The hunt for a blot in the Earl's 'scutcheon ironically foreshadows the blot on Tresham's own house.read · scan
- p. 382Tresham resolves to hide shame from every eye, and fears for the family name.read · scan
- p. 386Tresham rages at Mildred's shame and her plan to use the Earl's honour to cover her guilt.read · scan
- p. 386–388Guendolen argues true loyalty stands by one in shame, not just in praise.read · scan
- p. 388–392Tresham grieves that the family line's fame is blotted by shame.read · scan
- p. 399She recalls the shame her brother Thorold placed on her.read · scan
- p. 402Tresham charges Austin to keep the family escutcheon unblotted, though blood washed away the first blot before the vain world.read · scan
Robert Browning, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1074Duke's pride in nine-hundred-years-old name; he will not stoop to correct her.read · scan
Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Two Years Before the MastVol. 23
- p. 169Men would die to avenge family dishonor yet risk their lives to dishonor another's.read · scan
8d.Revenge and violence to save honor
Plutarch, AlcibiadesVol. 12
- p. 128Agis hates Alcibiades for dishonoring his wife and resents his glory; rivals' jealousy prompts an order to kill him.read · scan
Saint Augustine, The Confessions of St. AugustineVol. 7
- p. 26–27Worldly honour and mastery have grace and give rise to the thirst for revenge.read · scan
The Voyages to VinlandVol. 43
- p. 17She claims shame requiring vengeance and taunts her husband's lack of honor.read · scan
The Story of the Volsungs and NiblungsVol. 49
- p. 260–262Siggeir takes Sigmund's refusal to sell the sword as scorn and plots reward.read · scan
Traditional BalladsVol. 40
- p. 109–110Buccleuch resents that an English lord should 'lightly' him and breach the Border truce; his pride and reputation demand vengeance.read · scan
Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto CelliniVol. 31
- p. 46–47Cellini accepts a duel gladly; the veteran duellist Bevilacqua vouches he never wrongfully took up a quarrel, and he comes off with credit.read · scan
- p. 64Cellini resents Luigi's contempt and is bent on punishing the young man who showed how little he regarded him.read · scan
- p. 65–68The nobleman stipulates no words be bandied, to settle the matter to their honour.read · scan
- p. 186Cellini calls Francesco a dishonoured renegade and demands satisfaction for the slight.read · scan
- p. 281–282Insults and the charge of lying provoke drawn daggers over rights to the castle.read · scan
- p. 312Micceri's scorn and boasts about his family provoke Cellini's vengeance.read · scan
Christopher Marlowe, Edward the SecondVol. 46
- p. 33Gaveston takes offence at scoffing and swears to avenge the disgrace.read · scan
Ben Jonson, The AlchemistVol. 47
- p. 602–603Kastril seeks to become an 'angry boy' and learn to manage quarrels and the duello by rule.read · scan
- p. 603–604Face satirizes dueling as a science with geometrical rules for giving and taking the lie.read · scan
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Life Is a DreamVol. 26
- p. 18Rosaura says she flung the sword to help Segismund avenge himself on those who misuse him.read · scan
Waly, Waly; Helen of Kirconnell; My Love in Her Attire; Love Not MeVol. 40
- p. 324–325He avenges Helen's death by killing her killer for her sake.read · scan
John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning EducationVol. 37
- p. 171–172Fencing makes young men touchy on points of honour and leads to duels and tragedies.read · scan
Jonathan Swift, Hints towards an Essay on ConversationVol. 27
- p. 95–96Recalls a point of honour so strict that one misplaced word among gentlemen ended in a duel.read · scan
Jonathan Swift, A Treatise on Good Manners and Good BreedingVol. 27
- p. 99Duels arise from drink, women and play; a wise man can avoid a quarrel with honour.read · scan
Friedrich Schiller, William TellVol. 26
- p. 380–381Baumgarten killed the Seneschal to defend his wife and his honour from foul desire.read · scan
Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed)Vol. 21
- p. 58–59The insults of lie and rank, and the challenge to prove it by the sword, show honor as a cause of violence.read · scan
- p. 103Don Rodrigo, ashamed that a friar dared rebuke him, seeks satisfaction of passion and what he calls his honour.read · scan
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Household TalesVol. 17
- p. 190The young wrens are furious at being called disreputable and refuse to eat until their honour is vindicated.read · scan
- p. 191The young wrens refuse to eat until the bear begs pardon and acknowledges them honourable children.read · scan
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, PoemsVol. 42
- p. 1043–1044Insult and the blow to the face lead to a duel, the 'Christless code' that must have life for a blow.read · scan
Robert Browning, A Blot in the 'ScutcheonVol. 18
- p. 392Tresham scorns the deceiver and seeks to provoke him by insult and challenge.read · scan
- p. 399–401Mildred faults Tresham's code of honour, which hears the accused before striking yet still kills him.read · scan
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- p. 231–232George fights for honor and freedom under a sense of wrong and gains standing aboard; Nat is mortified.read · scan
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