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The word "ecstatic" is used in literature to convey a sense of overwhelming emotion that transcends ordinary experience. It often describes states of intense joy, passionate love, or spiritual rapture, as when characters are overcome by a profound sense of hope or enchantment ([1]). In some narratives, it captures an almost mystical state of being—one that borders on transcendence or a trance-like immersion in beauty or truth ([2], [3]). At other times, its use heightens the description of an internal or external experience, imbuing moments with vibrant, exalted energy that transforms the ordinary into something sublime ([4]). Overall, the term enriches the text by evoking a spectrum of extreme emotions that leave characters—and readers—feeling dramatically alive and touched by something beyond the everyday ([5]).
  1. It was an hour of deep enchantment, of ecstatic hope and longing.
    — from Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome
  2. I felt no need for sleep in my ecstatic state, and wandered around the palace, filled on all sides with treasures and priceless objets d'art .
    — from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
  3. Kirillov stood still, gazing before him with fixed and ecstatic look.
    — from The possessed : by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  4. Then to a loftier strain, Still prouder, more ecstatic rose the chant, As if the heirs, the deities of the West, Joining with master-tongue bore part.
    — from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
  5. The mother’s face lighted up with ecstatic happiness at the sight of this conclusive unspoken reconciliation.
    — from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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