Literary notes about FOREST (AI summary)
The word "forest" in literature is often a symbol of duality—both a place of shelter and transformation as well as a realm of mystery and danger. In some works, it is depicted as an enchanted setting where solitude and introspection lead to profound change, evoking images of moonlit wanderings and inner discovery ([1], [2], [3]). Yet in other texts, the forest becomes a treacherous battleground where threats lurk and the wild challenges human order—where witches and hidden ambuscades remind us of nature’s untamed power ([4], [5]). This vibrant portrayal captures the forest as a dynamic space that mirrors the complexities of human experience, serving simultaneously as refuge, a crucible for growth, and a reminder of the primordial forces lurking just beyond civilization ([6], [7]).
- “The moon had disappeared from the night, and again, with a lessened form, showed itself, while I still remained in the forest.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - One moonlight night, running through the quiet forest, One Eye suddenly halted.
— from White Fang by Jack London - Suddenly the earth became populous, the forest had opened its eyes, and the meadows were lifting up their voice in song.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol - ‘But now we must be off,’ said Hansel, ‘that we may get out of the witch’s forest.’
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - He too made every forest pathway dangerous to me and my ally with his lurking ambuscades.
— from The island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells - The grass of the forest had been spotted with blood.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - And when the son of Kunti entered that forest destitute of human beings, sounds of conchs and drums began to be heard in the heavens.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
