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Literary notes about Slope (AI summary)

In literature, "slope" serves as a versatile term that extends beyond simple topography to evoke mood, atmosphere, and a journey—both literal and figurative. Authors use it to designate the angle of descent or ascent in the landscape, setting the stage for movement or transition. For instance, it marks the path of characters in rugged mountaintops and valleys [1], [2], while also suggesting a decline or a gradual progression toward a significant point, as in a river’s approach or the encroachment of decay [3], [4]. Additionally, the slope often carries symbolic weight, hinting at the passage of time or the shift between states, whether in dramatic wilderness or in the subtle transitions of a character’s inner world [5], [6].
  1. Exactly seven miles away on the slope of the mountain the figure of a man was seen walking.
    — from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales by Bret Harte
  2. Immediately beyond the forest, on a downward slope, lay a field of spring rye.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
  3. To follow to the slope is to arrive at the river.
    — from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
  4. The exterior slope presented an inclined plane to the attack.
    — from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
  5. When she left Mrs. Lynde’s she took her way across the crusted fields to Orchard Slope.
    — from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
  6. “I will go to the west wall,” Kaa whispered, “and come down swiftly with the slope of the ground in my favor.
    — from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

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