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Literary notes about coquette (AI summary)

In literary works, the word "coquette" is often employed as a multifaceted term to describe a woman whose flirtatious behavior balances between charming allure and calculated vanity. Authors use it to cast light on characters who may possess an attractive exterior but are also marked by caprice, insincerity, or even moral ambiguity, as when a coquette's playful demeanor belies deeper, sometimes dangerous traits [1][2]. At other times, the term is invoked with a touch of irony or even tenderness, illustrating the paradox of feminine appeal and vulnerability [3][4]. This layered use enables writers to critique societal attitudes toward women and convey complex character dynamics with just one word.
  1. She is a vain coquette, and her tricks have not answered.
    — from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
  2. The torments of jealousy the cruel coquette made me endure were horrible.
    — from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray
  3. The words might have been those of a coquette, but the full, bright glance Maggie turned on Philip was not that of a coquette.
    — from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
  4. Herself a consummate coquette, she could not have maneuvered better on meeting a man she wished to attract.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy

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