Literary notes about right (AI summary)
The word "right" in literature assumes a variety of functions that span from the literal to the abstract. It can denote a physical direction or position, as when a character places their hand near their neck or describes a scene with one side noted as right ([1], [2]), and it even details spatial relationships in architecture or movement ([3], [4]). At the same time, "right" conveys a sense of moral or correct action, evident when characters judge behavior or claim moral propriety ([5], [6], [7]), and it is frequently employed to signal confirmation or satisfaction with a statement or condition ([8], [9], [10]). Moreover, the term is utilized to denote accuracy in measurement or correctness in duty ([11], [12]), as well as to assert legal or personal entitlements ([13], [14], [15]). Together, these varied uses illustrate the rich, multifaceted role that "right" plays in literature, bridging the concrete and the conceptual in the narratives it inhabits.
- The Bushmen are said [1213] to put their right hands to their necks, bending their heads backwards.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin - in Fam. 4, 5, 4, Piraeus on the right, Corinth on the left .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - At the top, right on top of the cliff, lost in M. Lenepveu's copper ceiling, figures grinned and grimaced, laughed and jeered at MM.
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux - Dorian was sleeping quite peacefully, lying on his right side, with one hand underneath his cheek.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - If you try to please him, though it be in a way which is not accordant with right, he may be pleased.
— from The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) by Confucius - This is the thought of God, merged in the thoughts of moral right and the immortality of identity.
— from Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman - Socrates promises to follow the advice of Crito if, upon a full discussion of the matter, it seems right to do so.
— from Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates by Plato - I am right glad to see thee, Will, and thou wilt add great honor and credit to my band of merry fellows.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle - “Quite right, Gabriel, quite right,” she said.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce - “Well?” “All right,” she said unhappily.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - Merely measure from the end of the third division as before, continuing until the notch is right over the blade.
— from Malay Magic by Walter William Skeat - Your basic problem remains to find the right information in the right form at the right time.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - But is property, or right, or obligation, intelligible, without an antecedent morality?
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume - Colonel Mason answered, "Brannan has a perfect right to collect the tax, if you Mormons are fools enough to pay it."
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman - He now has advocates not a few for his right to the ballot.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) by Ida Husted Harper
