Literary notes about weep (AI summary)
The word "weep" functions as a powerful emblem of human emotion in literature, conveying both overt sorrow and subtle inner pain. Writers frequently use it to underscore profound moments of loss and despair, illustrating a character’s vulnerability when confronted with tragedy ([1], [2], [3]). In other instances, weeping emerges as a natural, almost cathartic response to overwhelming stimuli, whether in private grief or as a dramatic flourish to heighten empathy ([4], [5]). Additionally, some authors wield the term with ironic detachment or as a commentary on the paradoxes of human behavior, allowing tears to speak as eloquently as words in revealing the complexities of both individual and collective experience ([6], [7]).
- I ceased not to weep and wail until midnight, when my mother said to me, Thy father hath been dead ten days.
— from The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. - But I cannot choose but weep, to think they would lay him i’ th’ cold ground.
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare - So shall you feel the loss, but not the friend Which you weep for. JULIET.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - and when thou hast done so, Come weep with me- past hope, past cure, past help!
— from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - Who that had seen him bright and joyous in his young beauty, but must weep over his untimely loss!
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Weep for the dead, for his light hath failed: and weep for the fool, for his understanding faileth.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - And now, I shall sit and play, and weep like a fool.
— from Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
