Literary notes about give (AI summary)
The word “give” is employed with remarkable versatility in literature, functioning as both a literal and figurative device. It ranges from the provision of simple advice, as in imparting sound counsel in a classic work of Gothic romance ([1]), to the conferral of tangible items like letters or bonds in narratives of personal or political significance ([2], [3]). At times it reflects the act of surrendering or bestowing something priceless—be it a life, a secret, or even one’s soul—imbuing the term with dramatic weight and moral implication ([4], [5]). Furthermore, it appears in commands and negotiations, as in the insistence on evidence or the submission of one’s will, adding an imperative tone to critical moments in storytelling ([6], [7]).
- ‘It is brief advice, but as sound as I can give.’
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - Give my dearest love to father, and believe me, ever your own "Meg."
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott - Next morning my father happened to give me two government loan bonds to sell, worth nearly five thousand roubles each.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - I do not reserve even hope; I give into your keeping my soul, my thoughts, my life.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo by Juliette Drouet and Louis Guimbaud - I am the Lord who search the heart, and prove the reins: who give to every one according to his way, and according to the fruit of his devices.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - ‘Give your evidence,’ the King repeated angrily, ‘or I’ll have you executed, whether you’re nervous or not.’
— from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - Before we make election, give me leave To show some reason, of no little force, That York is most unmeet of any man.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
