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littlemissmartypants

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Wed Jan 22, 2025, 02:55 AM Jan 2025

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. An Origin Story [View all]


‘Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned’: Meaning and Origin
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

‘Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned’: this phrase has become proverbial, its origins less famous than its meaning. But even the meaning of this pithy line, which is so recognisable as to be shortened to the four words ‘hell hath no fury’ without its meaning being lost, is not without its surprising aspects.

But we’ll come to that, and why the ‘fury’ of ‘hell hath no fury’ is often misunderstood – or at best, only half-understood.
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https://interestingliterature.com/2023/04/hell-hath-no-fury-like-a-woman-scorned-meaning/


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