Literary notes about Culpable (AI summary)
Culpable is frequently employed in literature to denote responsibility or blame, whether the fault lies in deliberate wrongdoing or inadvertent neglect. Authors use the term to assign moral accountability; for instance, a character might admit, “I have been culpable,” acknowledging personal guilt [1] or even volunteer blame to deflect scrutiny [2]. It is also common to see culpability attributed to actions or policies that provoke wider ethical discussion, as when negligence or carelessness is highlighted as equally blameworthy [3]. In dialogue and narrative alike, culpable weaves together themes of sin, remissness, and accountability, revealing how deeply intertwined the ideas of intent and error are in human affairs [4] [5].
- Then I should have been culpable indeed.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant - But as no one spoke, as no one would name him, Napoleon gave himself up as the culpable one.
— from Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon by L. (Luise) Mühlbach - There was no slight misgiving as to culpable, or rather careless negligence on his own part.
— from Mary Seaham: A Novel. Volume 1 of 3 by Mrs. (Elizabeth Caroline) Grey - 'Tis so but in my opinion, those who report such things are equally culpable.
— from The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan - Writing to Mr. Maclear, 10th November, 1857, he says, after an apology for delay: "You must ascribe my culpable silence to 'aberration.'
— from The Personal Life of David Livingstone Chiefly from his Unpublished Journals and Correspondence in the Possession of His Family by William Garden Blaikie
