Literary notes about apparition (AI summary)
In literature, "apparition" is a word that powerfully evokes a spectral presence that disrupts ordinary reality and stirs deep emotions. It is often used to signal sudden, enigmatic manifestations—whether a ghostly figure that fades as quickly as it appears ([1], [2]) or a portentous vision that links human experience to mystical or divine realms ([3], [4]). At times, these phantom images instill fear and awe in characters, acting as catalysts that reveal hidden truths or foreshadow grim events ([5], [6]), while in other contexts they embody the uncertainty of existence or the interplay between memory and mortality ([7], [8]). This multifaceted use of "apparition" enriches narratives by blending supernatural intrigue with the psychological complexities of the human condition.
- When I uncovered my eyes, the apparition was no longer apparent.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - At the unexpected apparition, no one dared even to breathe.
— from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi - p. 436,) and in the darker ages was illustrated by the apparition, miracles, and church, of St. Michael the archangel.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - The fourth apparition, forty-four years before the birth of Christ, is of all others the most splendid and important.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - “Which of you is Holmes?” asked this apparition.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - Captain Nemo had already risen, and I was beginning to stretch my limbs, when an unexpected apparition brought me briskly to my feet.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne - When I first beheld this apparition—for I could scarcely regard it as less—my wonder and my terror were extreme.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe - Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, an apparition showing the shadows of things which yet may happen.
— from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
