Literary notes about Sadness (AI summary)
In literature, "sadness" is a multifaceted term deployed to convey a vast range of human emotions and conditions. It can serve as both a subtle undercurrent and a dominating force within a narrative. At times, it underscores the absurdity of life through humorous contrast, as when a peculiar character’s demeanor is marred by a touch of inexplicable melancholy [1]. In other contexts, it emerges as a delicate, almost lyrical quality—imbuing farewell moments or wistful glances with a profound aesthetic resonance [2, 3]. Furthermore, "sadness" often intensifies dramatic developments and deepens character studies, reflecting personal grief and collective despair while simultaneously intertwining with hope and the promise of renewal [4, 5].
- There is enough sadness in life without having fellows like Gussie Fink-Nottle going about in sea boots.
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse - The farewell sadness in the kind blue eyes shone dimly through her gathering tears.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins - The tone of the highest Beauty is one of Sadness.
— from The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe - "The days now passed as peaceably as before, with the sole alteration, that joy had taken place of sadness in the countenances of my friends.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - But there were worse troubles yet in store for him, and as they came on, his melancholy and sadness increased.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
