Literary notes about another (AI summary)
The word "another" functions as a versatile tool in literature, serving various roles that enrich narrative progression and character interaction. In some cases, it marks alternation or repetition—illustrated by shifts in mood or state as characters oscillate between contrasting conditions ([1], [2], [3])—while in other contexts it introduces additional elements or alternatives, such as a further opportunity, option, or object ([4], [5], [6]). Authors also use "another" to suggest relational or sequential connections, whether by indicating a successive event or a replacement, as seen in the evolution of themes or settings ([7], [8], [9]). Across these examples—from casual dialogue to formal argument—the ambiguity of "another" allows it to flexibly denote something additional, different, or substituting, thereby deepening the texture of literary discourse.
- At one time, she was all cordiality and ease; at another, all stiffness and frigidity.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens - CHAPTER V. Another night of alternate tranquillity and turmoil.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain - Another in the evening, and the third next day; and since then not a touch!
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Perhaps some day,” added Madame Merle, “you’ll have another mother.”
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James - Another pursues a business career, when, if he had had his choice, he would have become a writer of plays.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - At the back, a door to the right leads to the entrance-hall, another to the left leads to Helmer's study.
— from A Doll's House : a play by Henrik Ibsen - 204 Another method is to put down the highest light and the darkest dark, and then work your scale of tone relatively between them.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed - Another room in LEONATO’S house.
— from Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare - Moreover, all that morning one unpleasantness followed another.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
