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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.
  1. 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
  2. “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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Hardly even does one think of oneself, but only how to escape from oneself.
    — from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
  7. The more we know, the more mistakes we make; therefore ignorance is the only way to escape error.
    — from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. One way of escape is by philosophic contemplation.
    — from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
  11. 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

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