Literary notes about execution (AI summary)
Writers use "execution" in a range of nuanced ways, highlighting both physical acts and the realization of ideas. On one hand, it denotes the literal carrying out of a punitive sentence or command, as seen in depictions of judicial punishment and capital penalty ([1], [2], [3]), while on the other, it refers more abstractly to the implementation of plans, designs, or policies—from the meticulous fulfillment of a strategic idea ([4], [5], [6]) to the admiring commentary on the craftsmanship of an artistic work ([7], [8], [9]). This multifaceted use enriches narratives by underscoring not only the severity or finality of certain acts but also the skill, precision, and sometimes the irony inherent in bringing concepts to fruition ([10], [11], [12]).
- At last he was caught in the very act, and having his hands bound behind him, was led away to the place of public execution.
— from Aesop's Fables by Aesop - Being condemned, he went cheerfully to the place of execution, and died with the most manly fortitude, and christian resignation.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe - ; for scarce I can refrain The execution of my big-swol'n heart Upon that Clifford, that cruel child-killer.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - The execution of a rapid survey by pacing the distances.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Without disclosing his intentions to run away even to his wife Phebe, he proceeded to make arrangements for carrying his plan into execution.
— from Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup - He rose, determined to put this plan into execution without a moment's delay.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - The long wall, as it was emphatically styled, was a work as disgraceful in the object, as it was respectable in the execution.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - The nave was unusually lofty and covered with six-part vaults of admirable execution.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The characteristic of French work had always been a certain nicety, a remarkable daintiness of hand, une nettete remarquable d'execution.
— from The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater - But at last he untied him, and gave him leave to go look for his judge in order to put the sentence pronounced into execution.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - But the execution of justice was hopeless till he had previously abolished the tyranny of the nobles.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - The journey from the Fort to the place of execution, then Bagumbayan Field, now called the Luneta, was on foot.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig
