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Literary notes about evict (AI summary)

In literature, the term "evict" is employed in ways that underscore both literal and metaphorical removal from a space. In one example, the word denotes the legal or economic action of forcibly expelling someone from their home, as seen when Juliette’s landlord threatens to evict her due to seized furniture [1]. In another, "evict" takes on a more unconventional tone when used to suggest the ousting of an unwelcome figure—a fakir—from a social setting in colonial India, thereby hinting at the imposition of order through exclusion [2]. These uses illustrate how the concept of eviction can resonate with themes of displacement, control, and societal order in different literary contexts.
  1. [62] Juliette’s furniture had just been seized, and her landlord was threatening to evict her.
    — from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo by Juliette Drouet and Louis Guimbaud
  2. Bennett fidgeted with impatience, and suggested calling a sentry to evict the fakir. 'Do they give or sell learning among the Sahibs?
    — from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

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