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Literary notes about Hall (AI summary)

Literary authors use the term “hall” to evoke a wide range of social, architectural, and symbolic meanings. In some texts it designates a grand, communal space—a "Great Hall" that reinforces unity or heritage, as in reference [1] or the banquet halls of castles and palaces seen in [2] and [3]. Other writers focus on the hall’s role as a public meeting or justice space—its official and social functions highlighted by mentions of town halls ([4], [5]) and court gatherings ([6]). At times, the hall serves as a transitional space where private and public lives intersect, suggesting intimacy or isolation (for example, in [7] and [8]), while in more mythic or historical narratives the hall can even embody a locus of fate or ritual ([9], [10]). This variety illustrates how “hall” not only marks a physical setting but often carries deeper thematic significance across literary genres.
  1. He had said so, and the Great Hall below them bore it out.
    — from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone
  2. Hall in Capulet’s House.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  3. Then he entered the castle—but not the banqueting hall; he was too humble for that.
    — from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen
  4. 144.—TOWN HALL, LOUVAIN.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  5. Both the Sides of the Hall were covered with such Acts of Parliament as had been made for the Establishment of Publick Funds.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  6. Under cover of the noise made by the young ladies, I had an opportunity of saying a private word to Mr. Franklin in the hall.
    — from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
  7. When we got pretty close to the cross-hall door there was the skiff, sure enough!
    — from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
  8. And soon I heard her step in the hall.
    — from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
  9. In my drinking hall, O excellent lady of beautiful thighs, Gandharvas and Apsaras wait on me as they do on my brother!
    — from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
  10. The grotto was a vast and magnificent hall.
    — from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

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