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The term "interrogate" in literature has been employed with a rich variety of senses, both literal and metaphorical. In some works, such as Proust's narrative ([1]), it is used to convey a profound, almost philosophical inquiry—questioning the very omens and mysteries of the heavens—while in Plato's Republic ([2], [3], [4], [5]) it becomes a tool for examining revered texts and the nature of discourse itself. Meanwhile, in adventure and mystery novels like The Count of Monte Cristo ([6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13]) and The Three Musketeers ([14], [15], [16], [17], [18]), the word is deployed in contexts of direct confrontation and investigative scrutiny, where characters are either urged to answer or to assess others critically. Even in more casual settings, as found in George Eliot’s Middlemarch ([19]) and Pushkin’s Eugene Oneguine ([20]), "interrogate" retains its essence of challenging and questioning, underscoring how the term bridges both the contemplative and the confrontational throughout literary history.
  1. And so, if the heavens were doubtful, from early morning I would not cease to interrogate them, observing all the omens.
    — from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust
  2. Let us now interrogate Homer and the poets.
    — from The Republic of Plato by Plato
  3. ' Let us now interrogate Homer and the poets.
    — from The Republic by Plato
  4. Interrogate now the three natures, and each one will be found praising his own pleasures and depreciating those of others.
    — from The Republic by Plato
  5. Interrogate now the three natures, and each one will be found praising his own pleasures and depreciating those of others.
    — from The Republic of Plato by Plato
  6. There was something grave and solemn in the approach of the young girl which struck the old man, and immediately his bright eye began to interrogate.
    — from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  7. “It is not for you to interrogate, but to answer.”
    — from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  8. Rapid as had been Villefort’s glance, it had served to give him an idea of the man he was about to interrogate.
    — from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  9. The count looked at Mercédès as if to interrogate her, but she continued to walk on in silence, and he refrained from speaking.
    — from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  10. However, sire, if I might advise, your majesty will interrogate the person of whom I spoke to you, and I will urge your majesty to do him this honor.”
    — from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  11. Should anyone else interrogate you, say to him what you have said to me, but do not breathe a word of this letter.”
    — from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  12. Noirtier’s look continued to interrogate.
    — from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  13. Villefort bowed, and advancing a few steps, waited until the king should interrogate him.
    — from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  14. And yet if we burn it, who knows whether Monsieur Cardinal has not a secret to interrogate ashes?”
    — from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  15. Interrogate me, I entreat you!”
    — from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  16. It is for me, then, to interrogate Grimaud.”
    — from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  17. He consequently kept it as a piece of evidence, and being in safety behind the angle of the trench, he began to interrogate the wounded man.
    — from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  18. “Athos may always be found,” replied Treville, “ready to answer, when it shall please the gownsmen to interrogate him.
    — from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet
  19. "Anybody may interrogate.
    — from Middlemarch by George Eliot
  20. The hostess doth interrogate: "He hath neglected us of late.
    — from Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

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