Literary notes about chide (AI summary)
"Chide" is deployed across literary works as a versatile term for admonishment that can range from light-hearted reproach to stern criticism. In dramatic plays by Shakespeare, for instance, it is invoked both in personal exchanges—such as a gentle rebuke among friends or lovers ([1], [2])—and in more formal or commanding contexts, where its usage underscores authority or moral seriousness ([3], [4]). Poets and philosophers also employ "chide" to evoke a reflective or corrective mood, challenging individuals to recognize and amend their faults ([5], [6]). Whether chastising tardiness ([7]) or questioning the propriety of conduct in socio-political spheres ([8]), the term enriches dialogue by conveying not just faultfinding but also the potential for growth and rectification.
- But now to Pyle permit my destined way, My loved associates chide my long delay:
— from The Odyssey by Homer - Do so, and bid my sweet prepare to chide.
— from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - [ Rising. ] Ham. ( L. ) Do you not come your tardy son to chide, That, laps'd in time and passion, 133 lets go by
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare - Chide not with princes when you have none to back you.
— from The Iliad by Homer - "Ye must not chide Life, but yourselves!"—The destiny of higher man is to be a creator.
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist by Nietzsche - Chide him for faults, and do it reverently, When you perceive his blood inclin'd to mirth; But, being moody, give him line and scope
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - Do you not come your tardy son to chide, That, laps’d in time and passion, lets go by The important acting of your dread command?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - [301] We chide the citizen because he makes love a commodity.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson
