Literary notes about aroused (AI summary)
The term "aroused" in literature functions as a multifaceted device that signals the stirring of a character’s physical, emotional, or intellectual state. It is often used to denote a sudden awakening from slumber or deep thought, as when a cry disrupts sleep ([1], [2]) or a particular sound pulls a character from reverie ([3]). At the same time, the word frequently indicates the inflaming of curiosity or the blossoming of intense feelings—whether they be ambition stirred by tales of heroic deeds ([4]), suspicion ignited by unaccountable movements ([5], [6]), or even desire and pained indignation arising from personal encounters ([7], [8]). In these varied contexts, "aroused" becomes a versatile term that encapsulates the moment of transition from calm to heightened awareness, underlining both the physical and psychological responses evoked by external or internal stimuli ([9], [10]).
- At seven o'clock in the morning, it being our watch below, we were aroused from a sound sleep by the cry of "All hands ahoy!
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana - Last night, about two in the morning, I was aroused by a stealthy step passing my room.
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle - All at once he was violently aroused from his reverie.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - We all know how the suggestion of heroic deeds, great records, has aroused the ambitions and stirred the energies of others to do likewise.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - Suspicions of some mysterious movements were aroused.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant - By this time our suspicions are aroused.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - He had crawled instead under the bed where, completely hidden from casual sight, one of my cauliflowers had aroused his singlehearted desire.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - Aroused by the pain, and burning with indignation, I burst, at a single effort, the fastenings and the bandage.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - Moreover, my curiosity was aroused; so I replied: “Very well.
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc - [pg 418] demur, to conduct him to Suhoy Possyolok; his curiosity was obviously aroused.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
