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Longsuffering LongsufferingSee also Patience.Loquacity (See TALKATIVENESS.)Loser (See FAILURE.)Aspasiapathetic figure bearing fate with fortitude. [Br. Lit.: The Maid’s Tragedy]Burns, Helenlong-suffering victim of school’s cruel treatment. [Br. Lit.: Jane Eyre]Caniomust be funny despite rage over wife’s unfaithfulness. [Ital. Opera: Leoncavallo, Pagliacci, Westerman, 341–342]Clayhanger, Edwinmakes concessions to wife’s greed and irascibility. [Br. Lit.: The Clayhanger Trilogy]Dodsworth, Sampatiently endures egotism of his childish wife until marriage dissolves. [Am. Lit.: Dodsworth]Griseldaendures husband’s cruelty nobly. [Br. Lit.: Canterbury Tales, “Clerk’s Tale”; Ital. Lit.: Decameron, “Dineo’s Tale of Griselda”]oxeyesymbol of long-suffering composure. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176]Prynne, Hesterstoically endures the ostracism imposed on her for adultery. [Am. Lit.: The Scarlet Letter]Santa Cruz, Jacintapassively tolerates husband’s adultery; rears his bastard. [Span. Lit.: Fortunata and Jacinta] |