Literary notes about Web (AI summary)
The term “web” in literature is employed in a variety of ways, reflecting both its literal and metaphorical versatility. In some texts, “web” evokes the tangible, natural image of a spider’s creation—a delicate, entrapping structure that symbolizes fate, danger, or mystery, as seen in descriptions of a long, motionless spider-web hanging from a tree ([1], [2], [3]) or its metaphorical use to illustrate convoluted intrigue and entrapment ([4], [5]). In contrast, “web” also emerges as shorthand for the digital realm, referring to websites, online networks, or even the concept of a politically charged digital space ([6], [7], [8], [9], [10]). This dual usage underscores literature’s ability to intertwine classical natural imagery with modern technological contexts, reflecting the evolving nature of culture and communication.
- The sultry air was stagnant and motionless, and a long spider-web, stretching from the chestnut-tree to the ground, hung limply and did not stir.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - I did not believe my eyes, and was entangled in conjectures like a fly in a spider’s web....
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - But the spider spins her web.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw - why environ me in a web of intrigue so frightful that my spirit sinks under it, seeing escape is hopeless from your frightful, your diabolical art?
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray - She opened her eyes wide, and she heard the silence spinning its soft endless web.
— from Bliss, and other stories by Katherine Mansfield - oVosite est un site web (mise en ligne: juin 1997) conçu et
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert - = Quelles sont vos suggestions pour une meilleure accessibilité du web aux aveugles et malvoyants?
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert - En quoi consiste le site web?
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert - = What do you think of the debate about copyright on the Web?
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert - Comme vous l'avez sans doute lu (sur mon site, ndlr), je pense que "le web" est un concept politique, non technologique.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert