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Literary notes about tower (AI summary)

In literature the word "tower" functions on many levels, both as a concrete structure and a potent symbol. When used literally, it often designates imposing fortifications or landmarks that dominate a landscape, lending an air of historical grandeur and architectural precision, as seen in descriptions of palatial or city towers [1],[2],[3]. Metaphorically, however, towers come to represent isolation, strength, or even confinement, evoking a sense of steadfastness or inevitable downfall; characters may find themselves imprisoned within one or be described as embodying its unyielding might [4],[5],[6]. Towers also mark the passage of time and the shifting fortunes of power, serving as instruments for both romantic and heroic imagery—a silent witness to moments of love, conflict, and triumph [7],[8].
  1. The palace tower had lost the reflection of the declining day, and joined itself to earth.
    — from A Room with a View by E. M. Forster
  2. The portico of each tower is formed of four projecting columns, with a staircase.
    — from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) by Henri Mouhot
  3. In the year 1153 the Tower of London and the castle of Windsor were by the king delivered to Richard de Lucie, to be safely kept.
    — from The Survey of London by John Stow
  4. It caused him to be imprisoned in the Tower.
    — from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys
  5. But was it known that I was imprisoned in the tower?”
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  6. Were God my aid, this arm should check his power, Though strong in battle as a brazen tower.
    — from The Iliad by Homer
  7. “Pray, Miss,” said the son, “how do you like the Tower of London?”
    — from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney
  8. After a few moments’ hesitation, she replaced it with a letter of her own in which she told him to come under the window of her tower.
    — from Filipino Popular Tales

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