Literary notes about arduous (AI summary)
In literature, the term "arduous" is often employed to underscore an endeavor’s taxing nature whether it be a physical journey, an intellectual pursuit, or a moral challenge. Writers use it to evoke the relentless effort required to surmount steep climbs and formidable obstacles, as seen in descriptions of grueling ascents and perilous travels [1, 2]. At the same time, "arduous" is applied to the labor of cultivating knowledge or reforming society, emphasizing the long, unremitting processes involved in personal and civic achievements [3, 4]. This layered usage enriches depictions of struggle and perseverance, imbuing tasks with a sense of formidable challenge that heightens the dramatic tension in a narrative [5, 6].
- It was an arduous climb over sharp lava and pumice stones in the midst of air often reeking with sulfurous fumes from the smoke holes.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - For two hours we were sometimes led over plains of sand, sometimes over prairies of seaweed that were quite arduous to cross.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - And can she rest supinely dependent on man for reason, when she ought to mount with him the arduous steeps of knowledge?
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft - IX PLAN FOR ATTAINING MORAL PERFECTION T was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin - Do you know how long it has taken me (allowing for a long and arduous training) to earn such a sum?'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - Even so, I had just returned from an arduous journey, exhausted and badly needing a rest.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne
