Literary notes about Loaded (AI summary)
In literature, "loaded" operates both in a literal and figurative capacity. It often denotes a state of being filled or burdened, whether referring to canoes and wagons heavy with supplies or treasures as seen when men prepared vessels for departure [1, 2, 3]. Beyond the physical, "loaded" enriches description by conveying an emotional or symbolic depth, as when a character is drenched in insults or fervor, imbuing the scene with an intensity that transcends the merely tangible [4, 5, 6]. Additionally, the word is frequently employed in the context of weaponry, where a loaded gun or pistol heightens suspense and informs the immediacy of action within the narrative [7, 8, 9]. This multiplicity of meanings not only emphasizes abundance—sometimes of goods, sometimes of emotions—but also creates a layered texture that deepens the reader's engagement with the text.
- the men loaded the canoes in readiness to depart.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis - On one occasion I remember to have seen ten or a dozen wagons thus loaded with corn from two or three full cribs, almost without halting.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman - as soon as the shower had passed over we drew out our canoes, corked, repared and loaded them.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis - I was his faithful slave, and earned him large wages every day, and yet I went to my cabin nightly, loaded with abuse and stinging epithets.
— from Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup - She was loaded to the eyelids with cold malice.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - She called me infamous Seducer, loaded me with the bitterest reproaches, and beat her bosom in all the wildness of delirium.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. Lewis - He inquired whether the revolver was loaded, and I said it was.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Kirillov had suddenly snatched up from the window his revolver, which had been loaded and put ready since the morning.
— from The possessed : by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - “I did not wish for her death,” replied Hermann: “my pistol was not loaded.”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov