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Literary notes about Manage (AI summary)

The term "manage" in literature is remarkably versatile, conveying a range of meanings from exerting control over tasks or people to successfully achieving difficult or subtle objectives. In some works, it implies taking charge or overseeing responsibilities, as when a character is assigned to handle a branch of business or personal affairs [1, 2]. In other contexts, it denotes the struggle or success in performing an action against odds—whether it’s stealthily entering a room or managing to complete a delicate negotiation without inciting suspicion [3, 4]. Occasionally, it even carries a tone of ironic detachment or resigned capability, suggesting that despite one’s best efforts, some outcomes remain just beyond grasp [5, 6]. This rich array of uses demonstrates how the word "manage" can simultaneously highlight competence, perseverance, and the complexities of human endeavor.
  1. If you'll accept the place, you shall manage the corn branch entirely, and receive a commission in addition to salary.”
    — from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
  2. “This is my house,” he said; “I manage my own affairs.
    — from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. by John Galsworthy
  3. I went at five o’clock, and walked; fancying I might manage to creep into the house, and up to Linton’s room, unobserved.
    — from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
  4. In any case, I shall manage to make my peace with her.
    — from Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
  5. Idle old man, That still would manage those authorities That he hath given away!
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
  6. But he could not manage, by all his arts, to escape silent condemnation in the thoughts of the common people.
    — from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

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