Literary notes about ESCAPE (AI summary)
The term "escape" is employed in literature to convey a spectrum of meanings that traverse both literal and metaphorical realms. In some narratives, it denotes a physical flight from danger, confinement, or pursuit—for instance, characters flee pursuers or desolate situations ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5]). In other contexts, the word transforms into a symbol of psychological or existential release, suggesting an evasion from the self, societal expectations, or the inescapability of fate ([6], [7], [8]). Authors also extend its reach into intellectual and philosophical domains, where escaping becomes a metaphor for transcending conventional thought or emotional constraints ([9], [10], [11]). Whether describing a daring bid for physical freedom or an elusive escape from inner turmoil, the versatility of the term enriches the narrative by encapsulating moments of crisis, transformation, and liberation.
- Moreover, the newspapers have announced his appearance in Turkey since his escape from the Santé.”
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc - “Cannot you, John, try and make your escape, and see what can be done for us and the poor children?”
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie - Before he could escape from her, the clatter of horses’ hoofs told him that they were beyond his reach.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle - He leaped on to his feet in horror, and looked about him like a criminal trying to escape from his warders....
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - When Arthur espied that, he thought that that knight with the strange shield should not escape him.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory - Hardly even does one think of oneself, but only how to escape from oneself.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust - The more we know, the more mistakes we make; therefore ignorance is the only way to escape error.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The poor cannot always reach those whom they want to love, and they can hardly ever escape from those whom they love no longer.
— from Howards End by E. M. Forster - And, if philosophy is to be religious, how can she be anything else than a place of escape from the crassness of reality's surface?
— from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James - One way of escape is by philosophic contemplation.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell - And from this romantic state of mind there is absolutely no possible theoretic escape.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James