Literary notes about Into (AI summary)
The word "into" in literature is used with remarkable versatility, often to signal a transition, transformation, or movement from one state to another. In many canonical texts it functions not only in its literal sense—for example, characters being dragged or entering a physical space, as in [1] or [2]—but also in more abstract or metaphorical contexts. Authors use it to indicate a metamorphosis or change of identity, as seen when a character becomes something entirely new in [3] or transforms into another form in [4]. At times, "into" marks the process of entering a new state of mind or condition, exemplified by the subtle shifts noted in [5] and [6]. Even in historical or theological documents, as with [7] and [8], "into" conveys transitions that are as much spiritual or ideological as they are physical. Thus, "into" serves as both a navigational tool and a literary bridge, guiding readers through the layered journeys of characters and ideas alike.
- He was dragged back into the room, and then commenced a terrific conflict.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle - Suddenly the gate-latch clicked and John Douglas strode into the garden.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery - Jorindel turned to see the reason, and beheld his Jorinda changed into a nightingale, so that her song ended with a mournful jug, jug .
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm - The sultan has been transformed into a doctor; the sultana, into the doctor’s sister; Abu, into a poor servant, Pedro; and Nuzhat, into Marta.
— from Filipino Popular Tales - She lapsed into a long muse, indistinct, warm, vague, unwilling to be taken out of her vagueness.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence - The realisation of conditions into which I myself had once nearly sunk now filled me with indescribable abhorrence.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner - And when the Lord shall have brought thee into the land of the Chanaanite, as he swore to thee and thy fathers, and shall give it thee: 13:12.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sins.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete