Literary notes about eventually (AI summary)
The word eventually functions in literature as a marker of time's inexorable passage, signaling that a long-awaited outcome or transformation is bound to occur. It often bridges the narrative gap between initial actions and their inevitable resolution, conveying both a sense of destiny and the unfolding of events over time [1]. In historical and biographical writings, it underlines gradual developments—be it a person’s eventual rise to prominence or the slow culmination of political changes [2]. In fictional settings, it marks a turning point where characters, after wrestling with obstacles or emotional dilemmas, finally reach a new state of being or a critical climax [3][4]. Even when used in satirical or ironic contexts, it hints at an eventual truth or consequence that characters cannot escape, adding depth and anticipation to the narrative [5][6].
- "And eventually," I continued more quietly, "it will secure the happiness of the whole world."
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers - He then studied at Basel, and eventually became Pastor of a Lutheran Church in the United States.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein - Eventually, however, she came to the surface again: "Bertie, I have something to say to you."
— from Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse - Eventually the youth’s aversion almost attained the point of hysteria; until he felt that, come what might, he MUST insult the fellow in some fashion.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol - It may be that mankind may perish eventually from this passion for knowledge!—but even that does not daunt us.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - But he escapes, and eventually “he slays all the three heroes, and flings their bodies on the plain for wild beasts to devour.”
— from Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
