Literary notes about Reassure (AI summary)
In literature, "reassure" is employed as a powerful tool for alleviating fear and instilling confidence in both characters and readers. Authors use the term to depict moments when individuals seek to calm inner turmoil or mitigate external anxieties, as seen when a character comforts themselves with the tactile assurance of aging in [1] or when a leader quickly allays the fears of frightened companions in [2] and [3]. At times, the word marks a subtle interplay between rationality and instinct, as characters reassure themselves against intangible doubts in [4] and [5]. Whether it is used in intimate moments of personal reflection or dramatic calls for collective calm, "reassure" consistently serves to forge emotional connections and maintain narrative tension.
- Then, to reassure myself I ran one hand over the other, and felt loose folds of skin, the bony laxity of age.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells - At first the passengers were much frightened, but Captain Anderson hastened to reassure them.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne - " As soon as he had spoken thus, Neptune and Minerva came up to him in the likeness of two men, and took him by the hand to reassure him.
— from The Iliad by Homer - At last, to reassure myself, I walked with a candle into it, and satisfied myself that there was nothing tangible there.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells - And his first movement was to feel his head and reassure himself that his streaming hair was still his own.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells
