Literary notes about enchanting (AI summary)
In literature, "enchanting" is deployed to evoke an almost magical allure that transforms words into vivid experiences. Writers often employ the term to imbue voices, characters, and landscapes with a quality that is both mysterious and irresistibly attractive, as when a character’s tongue is described as having an almost otherworldly charm [1] or when natural scenery radiates a bewitching beauty that transcends the ordinary [2]. Whether referring to the captivating smile of a deceitful seductress [3] or the tender, mesmerizing gaze that wraps a scene in romantic mystery [4], the word "enchanting" serves to heighten the aesthetic and emotional dimensions of a narrative, inviting readers into realms where ordinary details become spellbound and extraordinary.
- For who can tell what Hamlet might say in his defence, or how enchanting his tongue might prove?
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. Bradley - As they went along, the hills grew more and more enchanting, while the soft breezes and the light touched him with mystifying favour.
— from Korean folk tales : by Pang Im and Yuk Yi - “I hope it will be so,” said the deceitful woman with an enchanting smile, of which only a woman with poison in her heart is capable.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - She smiles upon me with enchanting tenderness!
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. Smollett
