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Literary notes about heart (AI summary)

The word heart is used in literature as a rich symbol that encapsulates both the inner emotional life and the moral or spiritual core of a character. It is frequently portrayed as the repository of feelings and memories—where joy, grief, love, and hope intertwine—as seen when characters offer their heart in devotion ([1], [2]) or when a heart aches with longing and sorrow ([3], [4]). It also frequently represents courage and purity, symbolizing the steadfast inner resource that drives one to act nobly ([5], [6]). In many narratives the heart stands not only as a physical organ but as an emblem of vulnerability and resilience, a silent witness to the transformation of the self ([7], [8], [9]).
  1. He will give his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, and he will pray in the sight of the most High.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  2. To show that the Word, when it works effectually, cleanseth the heart and mind.
    — from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan
  3. Sad, yes, sad thoughts of thee my heart doth swell, And burning recollections throng my brow!
    — from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Mark Twain
  4. “After the murder of Clerval I returned to Switzerland, heart-broken and overcome.
    — from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  5. But we must be brave of heart and unselfish, and do our duty, and all will be well!”
    — from Dracula by Bram Stoker
  6. Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.
    — from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
  7. What wild heart-histories seemed to he enwritten Upon those crystalline, celestial spheres!
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe
  8. With a light heart I put on a sola hat like the sahebs, and drove out to my work.
    — from The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore
  9. How infinitely good God is, Babette!" "I have such complete happiness in my heart," said she.
    — from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. Andersen

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