Literary notes about Vantage (AI summary)
The term “vantage” is frequently used in literature to denote a position of observation—both literal and metaphorical—that offers insight or advantage. Writers employ it to refer to elevated physical points from which landscapes or events are surveyed, as seen in passages where characters observe their surroundings from high ground [1], [2], [3]. At the same time, it serves as a metaphor for a particular stance or perspective from which one can assess situations or seize opportunities, a usage evident in dramatic and strategic contexts [4], [5], [6]. This dual application enriches the narrative by linking the physical act of seeing with the intellectual or emotional insight one gains from a well-positioned outlook [7], [8].
- I view them from unusual points of vantage.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. Du Bois - A sacred calm and peacefulness lay over the town and the wide suburbs of Dresden, which were visible from my point of vantage.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner - From my vantage-ground I could scan the whole moor right away to the railway line and to the south of it where green fields took the place of heather.
— from The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan - Though 'tis no wisdom to confess so much Unto an enemy of craft and vantage-
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - Thou rascal, that art worst in blood to run, Lead'st first to win some vantage.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - Therefore, at your vantage, Ere he express himself or move the people With what he would say, let him feel your sword, Which we will second.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - We have discovered a point of vantage which will yield us an insight into the inner structure of the condition.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
