Literary notes about TOMB (AI summary)
The word "tomb" appears in literature with a varied richness of meaning, embodying both the tangible and the metaphorical. It is often portrayed as a site of final rest or memorialization, where the legacy of an individual or event is enshrined, as seen in references to stately final resting places that commemorate virtues and accomplishments [1, 2]. At other times, the tomb serves as a symbol of mystery and foreboding—a confined space that both preserves secrets and evokes the inevitability of death [3, 4]. In historical and travel narratives, it marks a tangible connection with the past, offering insight into cultural identity and heritage [5, 6, 7]. In its multiple incarnations, the term underscores an interplay between physical monumentality and evocative symbolism, weaving together themes of honor, loss, and the passage of time [8, 9, 10].
- The tomb of Joseph, the dutiful son, the affectionate, forgiving brother, the virtuous man, the wise Prince and ruler.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain - The Iconoclasts revered the virtues of the prince: forty years after his death they still prayed before the tomb of the saint.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - He answered:— “I am closing the tomb, so that the Un-Dead may not enter.”
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker - It’s like a tomb,” said Pulcheria Alexandrovna, suddenly breaking the oppressive silence.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Turkish : Tomb of Osman, Brusa, 1326; Green Mosque (Yeshil Djami) Brusa, cir.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Persian : at Murghab, the tomb of Cyrus, known as Gabré-Madré-Soleiman—a gabled structure on a seven-stepped pyramidal basement (525 B.C. ).
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - [459] Schliemann made a parallel discovery in an ancient tomb at Mycenae, Greece.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans-Wentz - [“You against the time of death have marble cut for use, and, forgetful of the tomb, build houses.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne - How if, when I am laid into the tomb, I wake before the time that Romeo Come to redeem me?
— from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - His good remembrance, sir, Lies richer in your thoughts than on his tomb; So in approof lives not his epitaph As in your royal speech.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
