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Literary notes about TIRADE (AI summary)

The term "tirade" in literature often conveys a prolonged, impassioned outburst that reveals a character’s emotions or ideologies. Authors employ it to heighten dramatic tension, whether through a profane, breathless diatribe that exposes raw anger [1] or a measured, yet piercing speech that unmasks ideological convictions [2]. In some narratives, a tirade becomes a turning point that marks vulnerability or a shift in interpersonal dynamics—for instance, when a character’s flowing diatribe gradually softens into a moment of regret [3] or is met with an unexpected reaction [4]. The versatile use of the word thus underscores both the intensity of human expression and the literary craft of shaping character and conflict [5, 6].
  1. Long Bill burst into a tirade of profanity that left him breathless.
    — from Prairie Flowers by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
  2. " The whole plausibility of this rationalist tirade is due to the fact to which we have already paid so much attention.
    — from Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James
  3. At this point in her tirade, something suspiciously like a sob arose in her throat, and checked her utterance.
    — from Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lawrence L. Lynch
  4. Her patience and sympathy with her were exhausted, and she broke out in a tirade of scolding.
    — from Nuova; or, The New Bee by Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman) Kellogg
  5. Do you understand anything of my tirade, Alyosha?”
    — from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  6. “I do,” Raskolnikov answered firmly; as he said these words and during the whole preceding tirade he kept his eyes on one spot on the carpet.
    — from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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