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Literary analysis:

Writers use "ebony" to evoke both the inherent beauty of the dark, lustrous wood and the symbolic depth of the color black. It functions as a marker of elegance and mystery—from declarations of skin so dark as to be compared with ebony that invite acceptance in the light of alabaster [1] to depictions of thrones and instruments crafted from this rich material that emphasize regality and craftsmanship [2, 3]. In other instances, the term enriches settings where contrasts of light and dark, such as refined ivory against ebony panels or delicate alabaster beside ebony, heighten the visual and emotional texture of the narrative [4, 5], ultimately weaving an intricate interplay between the tangible and symbolic aspects of darkness.

then, were you black as ebony you would be welcome to the child of alabaster whiteness.
— from My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
He is seated on a throne of ebony, with his queen, the grave and sad Persephone, Page 136
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens
An incomparable craftsman, Lorenzo di Pavia, made instruments for her of purest tone, in cases of ivory and ebony most exquisitely worked.
— from The Story of Milan by Ella Noyes
It was a lofty structure, with a door of two leaves, composed of ebony, overlaid with plates of red gold.
— from The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.
He went up and examined it, and found that it rested against the ebony and gold panelling, just like any of the other pictures in the gallery.
— from The Red Fairy Book

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