Literary notes about Transparent (AI summary)
In literature, "transparent" operates on both literal and figurative levels, enriching descriptions and imbuing them with nuanced meanings. It often denotes a clear, unspoiled physical quality—as seen in depictions of crystal-clear water or delicate fabrics that reveal underlying details ([1], [2], [3])—while simultaneously symbolizing honesty and the unambiguous nature of thought or emotion in characters and situations ([4], [5], [6]). Authors even extend the term to capture abstract concepts, rendering ideas or actions “transparent” when they are unmistakably clear or self-revealing ([7], [8]). In this way, "transparent" becomes a versatile literary tool that seamlessly bridges tangible visuals with metaphorical insights.
- Itself variegated with full-blown lotuses and stocked with fishes and tortoises of golden hue, its bottom was without mud and its water transparent.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - People talk of the transparent waters of the Mexican Bay of Acapulco, but in my own experience I know they cannot compare with those I am speaking of.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain - The dew had left on the cabbages a silver lace with long transparent threads spreading from one to the other.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - The transparent honesty of these women was a never-ending astonishment to me.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Your article is absurd and fantastic, but there’s a transparent sincerity, a youthful incorruptible pride and the daring of despair in it.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - To love a being is to render that being transparent.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - There was nothing but words, transparent but vague; sometimes idle reports, rumors, hearsay.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - The fallacy of the latter words is transparent.
— from Meno by Plato
