Literary notes about Opposition (AI summary)
In literature, the word "opposition" serves a multifaceted role, functioning both in the literal and metaphorical sense. It can denote a direct, tangible resistance—as seen in accounts of military encounters and political struggles where foes are confronted head on ([1], [2], [3])—while also representing abstract contrasts or dichotomies, such as the interplay between different realms of knowledge or conflicting ideas ([4], [5], [6]). Moreover, opposition is portrayed in interpersonal and societal contexts, illustrating defiance against prevailing norms or authority ([7], [8], [9]), as well as internal conflicts that both challenge and ultimately enrich the human spirit.
- After this battle King Harald met no opposition in Norway, for all his opponents and greatest enemies were cut off.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson - This was the first serious opposition the enemy met with, and I am satisfied was the fatal blow to all his expectations.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant - Corinth had already been evacuated and the National troops marched on and took possession without opposition.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant - Indeed, when it is in every direction similar, how can one rightly give to it names which imply opposition?
— from Timaeus by Plato - The opposition of the intelligible and the sensible, and of God to the world, supplied an analogy which assisted in the separation of soul and body.
— from Phaedo by Plato - Opposition not only enlarges the soul; but the soul, when full of courage and magnanimity, in a manner seeks opposition.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume - There was another reason too for her opposition.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Van Buren, therefore, determined to silence this opposition.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Van Buren's opposition to the Adams administration has been called factious and unpatriotic.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
