Literary notes about implacable (AI summary)
Literary authors employ the term "implacable" to convey an unyielding and relentless quality, whether describing deeply personal emotions or vast, inexorable forces. It is often used to intensify the portrayal of unremitting vengeance and hatred, as in the oath of implacable vengeance that fuels revenge [1] and the biting, enduring enmity expressed by characters [2], [3]. At the same time, the word extends to abstract phenomena—depicting an unalterable destiny or an indifferent force that broods overhead [4], [5]—thereby adding a layer of inevitability to the narrative. This selection of usage illustrates how "implacable" fortifies the intensity of feelings and the harshness of circumstances, thereby enriching the thematic depth of the work [6], [7].
- He renewed against Danglars, Fernand, and Villefort the oath of implacable vengeance he had made in his dungeon.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - Antonina pursued her son with implacable hatred; and the gallant Photius was exposed to her secret persecutions in the camp beyond the Tigris.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - They expressed the most implacable hatred.
— from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy - It was the stillness of an implacable force brooding over an inscrutable intention.
— from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - It was as though I had been shown the working of the implacable destiny of which we are the victims—and the tools.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad - If one desires to be happy, sir, one must never understand duty; for, as soon as one has comprehended it, it is implacable.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - In a century of perpetual, or at least implacable, war, much courage, and some skill, must have been exerted for the defence of Britain.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
