Literary notes about Myopic (AI summary)
The word “myopic” in literature carries both literal and metaphorical weight. At times it describes a physical condition of nearsightedness, as when a character's eyes are portrayed as unable to capture the full spectrum of their surroundings ([1], [2]), while in other instances it symbolizes a narrow, limited viewpoint in thought and perception ([3], [4]). Authors also employ it to critique overly short-sighted attitudes, whether in personal relationships or societal commentary ([5], [6]), thereby deepening character portrayal and thematic complexity.
- Fire flashed from his myopic eyes, which had exempted him from service with the army.
— from The Downfall by Émile Zola - The gate-keeper, incredibly myopic, peered at him through such thick lenses that his eyes looked unpleasantly unnatural.
— from The Golden Flood by Edwin Lefevre - The "Twilight of the Peoples" is the morbid vision of a myopic seer.
— from Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill - It stood, he thought, as the reason for this girl's distorted idea of life—of her myopic point of view.
— from Scandal: A Novel by Cosmo Hamilton - For near objects the myopic eye is used without accommodation and therefore also without convergent strabismus of the right.
— from Clinical Investigations on Squint by C. Schweigger - The former have a much narrower range; the time-sense may be called a myopic organ, in comparison with the eye, for example.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
