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Literary notes about Anger (AI summary)

Literary treatment of "anger" reveals its multifaceted nature, serving not only as a raw emotional surge but also as a symbolic force with moral and transformative implications. Authors depict anger variously as a self-destructive impulse that disrupts relationships and propels characters to extreme actions [1], [2], while others emphasize its catalytic power in prompting decisive confrontation or reflection [3], [4]. At times, anger is portrayed as an internal, almost elemental state, intermingled with courage or grief, and capable of both inciting violence and fostering a passionate reformation of thought and behavior [5], [6]. This diversity in representation underlines anger’s enduring role as a dynamic element in literary exploration.
  1. He went out cold with corpse-like anger, leaving her alone.
    — from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence
  2. Then he chased all the Trojans from the court and rebuked them with words of anger.
    — from The Iliad by Homer
  3. You will admit that anger is of a violent and destructive nature? 'Certainly.'
    — from Laws by Plato
  4. Enough of actions that are involuntary, or done in anger; let us proceed to voluntary and premeditated actions.
    — from Laws by Plato
  5. Her eyes blazed with anger as she looked at him.
    — from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  6. To be in anger is impiety; But who is man that is not angry?
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

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