Literary notes about access (AI summary)
The term "access" takes on a multifaceted role in literature, oscillating between its literal, physical sense and its metaphorical, emotional, or spiritual implications. It can denote the ability to gain entry to a tangible space or system—as when characters secure their way into a dwelling or a garden ([1], [2]), or when technical networks and electronic services are reached ([3], [4], [5]). At the same time, authors employ the word to express more abstract states, such as a fleeting surge of emotion or a sudden opening into another realm, sometimes even the soul's connection to the divine ([6], [7], [8]). In historical and poetic contexts, "access" also carries connotations of privilege or restriction, underscoring both barriers and opportunities in human relationships and societal hierarchies ([9], [10], [11]).
- “By an outside ladder,” replied Cyrus Harding, “a rope ladder, which, once drawn up, will render access to our dwelling impossible.”
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne - Turning quickly, she was surprised at sight of a young man, who had found access into the garden by a door opening out of another gable than that
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Many MS-DOS based bulletin boards let you set access defaults to colors and graphics.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - Press ENTER a couple of times to access the system.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - Telnet gives access to a remote service for interactive dialog.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - Through Him alone, without any interposing link of communication, the human soul has access to the Father.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon by J. B. Lightfoot - she said regretfully, as she blinked away an access of eye moisture.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy - For he who loveth God with all his heart feareth not death, nor punishment, nor judgment, nor hell, because perfect love giveth sure access to God.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas - No, my good lord; but as you did command, I did repel his letters and denied His access to me.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - On hearing this information I suffered a temporary access of despair.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - The access to their sacred person was every day rendered more difficult by the institution of new forms and ceremonies.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
