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Literary notes about rope (AI summary)

Writers employ the word “rope” in multifaceted ways that enrich both the literal and metaphorical textures of their narratives. It may serve a practical role—a lifeline or a tool for descent or ascent, as seen when characters use it to escape confinement or reach distant realms ([1], [2], [3])—or it embodies darker tones by symbolizing fate, binding, or punishment, whether in the grim act of hanging or as an instrument of retribution ([4], [5], [6]). In other accounts, the rope also becomes a marker of ingenuity and resourcefulness, facilitating adventures and dangerous endeavors while subtly underscoring the precarious balance between liberation and entrapment ([7], [8], [9]).
  1. The Prince went home, told his father all that had happened, and asked him to have a leather rope plaited, long enough to reach to the other world.
    — from Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
  2. Tonga then pulled up the rope, closed the window, and made off the way that he had come.
    — from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
  3. But there’s one thing—he can have a rope ladder; we can tear up our sheets and make him a rope ladder easy enough.
    — from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
  4. The rope that was used to hang the Negro, and also that which was used to lead him from the jail, were eagerly sought by relic hunters.
    — from The Red Record by Ida B. Wells-Barnett
  5. Never speak of a rope in the house of one who was hanged.
    — from A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs
  6. Stand fast, good Fate, to his hanging: make the rope of his destiny our cable, for our own doth 30 little advantage.
    — from The Tempest by William Shakespeare
  7. CHAPTER XXXIV HUCK said: “Tom, we can slope, if we can find a rope.
    — from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete by Mark Twain
  8. He took as many of the biggest nails as he could find, a very long rope, and a strong hammer.
    — from Filipino Popular Tales
  9. He was insignificant in size, and his rope seemed only a thread.
    — from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

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