Literary notes about Turn (AI summary)
Writers employ the word “turn” in multiple ways to signal shifts in action, perspective, and fate. In some works, it marks a sequential or reciprocal action, as when responsibility and blame are exchanged in a dialogue [1] or when individuals are explicitly instructed to change direction or behavior [2, 3]. In other texts, “turn” carries a symbolic weight—denoting transformation or a pivotal moment in a character’s journey, whether it be a subtle change in expression [4] or a dramatic reversal of fortune [5]. Its versatile usage, from literal movements to abstract shifts in emotion and circumstance, underscores its power as a literary device that bridges narrative progression with deeper thematic changes.
- Each said it was the other’s fault, and each in turn denied it.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain - When you see System halted , it's safe to turn off the computer.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery - And if it were not for this, knights-errant would not be able to give aid to one another in peril, as they do at every turn.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - The old man's cheek he gently turn'd away.
— from The Iliad by Homer - Nevertheless she was great with his child, it was his turn to submit.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence
