Literary notes about Parcel (AI summary)
The word "parcel" assumes dual roles in literature, oscillating between a concrete object and a metaphor for a component of a larger whole. It frequently appears as a tangible bundle—whether it’s a carefully wrapped package of letters, goods, or personal effects, as when a character carries a parcel under his arm or entrusts it to another ([1], [2], [3])—imbuing the narrative with a sense of mystery or significance. Simultaneously, authors employ "parcel" in a more abstract sense to describe an integral part of a person's fortune, an element of fate, or even a fragment of the human body, suggesting that individual parts collectively determine the nature of the whole ([4], [5], [6]). This layered usage enriches the text, inviting readers to consider both the physical and symbolic dimensions of what is contained within a parcel.
- A CHAMELEON T HE police superintendent Otchumyelov is walking across the market square wearing a new overcoat and carrying a parcel under his arm.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - It was between ten and eleven o’clock when Mrs. Micawber rose to replace her cap in the whitey-brown paper parcel, and to put on her bonnet.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - “Joseph,” said Anne quietly, “bring that parcel here.”
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery - Let us command to know that of your mouth or of your lips; for divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - Revenge, I know, 's a kingly morsel, And ever hath been part and parcel Of this your godlike state.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine - That lies should be necessary to life is part and parcel of the terrible and questionable character of existence.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Nietzsche
