Literary notes about frustrated (AI summary)
In literature the term “frustrated” frequently conveys the thwarting or cancellation of an intention or design by forces beyond the characters' control—whether these forces are economic, natural, or even intrinsic to the human condition. It is used to denote both concrete setbacks, as when poverty impedes compensation arrangements [1] or when natural phenomena, like violent trade winds, disrupt well-laid plans [2], and more abstractly to illustrate the inner turmoil of thwarted desires or ambitions [3]. The word encapsulates a spectrum of hindrances, from the thwarting of calculated schemes [4] and the stifling of economic or magical potential [5] to the deep regret of unfulfilled hopes, providing a nuanced commentary on the persistent conflict between aspiration and circumstance.
- That this intention might not be frustrated by the poverty of the offender, his whole family were conjointly bound to make compensation.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus - The two commanders now concerted a joint expedition against Barbadoes, which was frustrated by the violence of the trade winds.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. Mahan - I felt as if I was forsaken by God and man; as if all my efforts must be frustrated; and I became reckless in my despair.
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. Jacobs - But Bladud also held back and frustrated his intention.
— from The Hot Swamp by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - All economic activities have their magic; love, welfare of babies, talents and crafts, beauty and agility—all can be fostered or frustrated by magic.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski
