Literary notes about TRIUMPH (AI summary)
In literature, triumph is a multifaceted term that conveys both celebratory victory and complex ambivalence. It can denote the exultation of personal or collective achievement—as seen when characters exhibit the joy of overcoming adversities [1, 2] or when historical and martial victories are commemorated [3, 4, 5, 6]. Yet, triumph also frequently carries an ironic or bittersweet edge: the same word is used to capture moments when success is intertwined with cost, as in instances where it masks underlying conflict or unexpected reversals [7, 8, 9]. Whether celebrating the glory of battle, the satisfaction of personal conquest, or the triumphant assertion of ideals [10, 11], authors employ the word to evoke a rich spectrum of human emotions and the paradoxes inherent in victory.
- Mrs. Leo Hunter looked round her in triumph.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - It will be such a triumph to the others!”
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - The retreat was undisturbed; and the entrance into Buda was at once a military and religious triumph.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - 4 Camillus returned to the city in triumph, being victorious in three wars at the same time.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy - ‘Caesar left Africa in June 46 B.C. , and celebrated a magnificent triumph, not over Roman citizens, but over Gauls and Egyptians, Pharnaces and Juba.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce - To the triumph was added the honour of having equestrian statues erected to them in the forum, a compliment very unusual at that period.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy - “I can endure anything except Lady St Julian’s glance of triumph,” said the whig dame.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli - This is the triumph I was to have, is it?
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens - With pomp the shining images succeed, What leaders triumph, and what monarchs bleed!
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding - "And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave While the land of the free is the home of the brave.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook by Boy Scouts of America - Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson
