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Literary notes about weave (AI summary)

The term "weave" is employed in literature with a rich duality, referring both to the physical act of interlacing threads into cloth and to the more abstract notion of interlacing elements to form a coherent whole. In many works, characters are depicted literally weaving fabrics—from blankets and garments in one historical account [1] to the creation of baskets and tapestries in folk narratives [2], [3]. At the same time, authors extend its use metaphorically to describe the intricate process of constructing ideas, fates, or deceptions, as seen in texts that speak of weaving memories into permanent knowledge [4] or weaving a tangled web of deceit [5], [6]. Additionally, "weave" evokes imagery of magic and artistry, whether in the crafting of spells [7] or the formation of enchanting music [8], thereby highlighting its versatility and capacity to bridge the tactile with the intangible.
  1. They also raise hemp, and from the fiber they weave truly beautiful blankets and garments, artistically dyed in very curious patterns.
    — from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
  2. As she had now no spindle, the girl took the weaver's shuttle in her hand, sat down to her loom, and began to weave.
    — from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
  3. They weave grass baskets, which are slung to their girdles, and contain betel, etc.”
    — from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston
  4. These latter minds, before they can recollect a fact, must weave it into their permanent stores of knowledge.
    — from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
  5. "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive."
    — from Back at School with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed
  6. Oh, Marilla, ‘what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.’
    — from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
  7. Again that evil woman began to weave her spell.
    — from Twice-told tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  8. There must come a full pause to weave perfection into music.
    — from The gardener by Rabindranath Tagore

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