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The word "mutiny" in literature has been used both literally and metaphorically to evoke images of organized rebellion, disruption, and inner discord. In historical narratives, authors such as Thomas Carlyle and others recount actual uprisings—from naval insurrections like those on the Bounty ([1]) and the Indian Mutiny ([2], [3], [4]) to episodes of political upheaval ([5], [6], [7], [8])—thereby emphasizing the gravity of organized defiance. Meanwhile, in literary works, "mutiny" often appears as a symbol for internal conflict or the breakdown of personal order, as seen in Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein ([9], [10], [11], [12]) and even in subtle character portrayals in works by Shakespeare and Stevenson's Treasure Island ([13], [14], [15], [16]). This dual usage not only underscores the term’s historical authenticity in denoting rebellion but also its metaphorical potential to capture the universal, sometimes turbulent, quest for freedom and change.
  1. With an authentic account of the mutiny of the ship "Bounty" and of the subsequent fortunes of the mutineers.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  2. The town is as old as the third century B.C. In the mutiny of 1857 it was the scene of a serious outbreak and massacre.
    — from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various
  3. "Well, there's no use my telling you gentlemen what came of the Indian mutiny.
    — from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
  4. On the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny it was occupied by the revolted sepoys, and converted into a fort.
    — from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various
  5. Mutiny is a thing of the fatallest nature in all enterprises whatsoever; a thing so incalculable, swift-frightful; not to be dealt with in fright.
    — from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
  6. Universal mutiny!
    — from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
  7. He has extinguished mutiny, and immeasurable civil war.
    — from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
  8. The French Army seems on the verge of universal mutiny.
    — from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
  9. These feelings are transitory; each day’s expectation delayed fills them with fear, and I almost dread a mutiny caused by this despair.
    — from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  10. These feelings are transitory; each day of expectation delayed fills them with fear, and I almost dread a mutiny caused by this despair.
    — from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  11. I mentioned in my last letter the fears I entertained of a mutiny.
    — from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  12. I mentioned in my last letter the fears I entertained of a mutiny.
    — from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  13. In other words, you fear a mutiny.”
    — from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
  14. Certainly, since the mutiny began, not a man of them could ever have been sober.
    — from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
  15. Mutiny,
    — from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
  16. God shall mend my soul, You’ll make a mutiny among my guests!
    — from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

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