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The word “remember” in literature is a remarkably versatile device that can evoke everything from divine mandates and historical covenants to personal recollections and casual reminders. In sacred texts like the Douay-Rheims Bible, it serves as an imperative to uphold divine promises, as seen in passages that urge the faithful to recall God's covenant with patriarchs ([1], [2], [3]). In contrast, novelists employ “remember” to capture the immediacy and intimacy of human experience—whether in a brief conversational cue like “You remember that?” ([4]) or in extended reminiscences that link personal history with evolving identity ([5], [6]). Additionally, the term sometimes acts as a rhetorical command, urging characters to bear in mind moral lessons or the weight of past events ([7], [8], [9]). Overall, “remember” functions as both a narrative anchor and a call to reflection, bridging public legacy with private memory across genres.
  1. May God be gracious to you, and remember his covenant that he made with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants: 1:3.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  2. I will not remember all his iniquities that he hath done: in his justice which he hath wrought, he shall live.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  3. Give us not to be a reproach, for thy name's sake, and do not disgrace in us the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  4. You remember that?
    — from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
  5. Him—I just shut my eyes and remember, but Borís...
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
  6. "I shall remember that," was all David answered to that last promise of hers, and three months later he took her at her word.
    — from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott
  7. Remember!
    — from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
  8. For Heaven’s sake remember that!’
    — from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
  9. “Remember, Eliza, that he does not know Jane's disposition as you do.”
    — from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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