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Literary notes about share (AI summary)

The word “share” in literature is used to evoke both the tangible and the intangible, ranging from the division of material goods to the distribution of emotion and duty. In some passages, “share” denotes an actual portion of wealth or resources, as when a character allocates part of a whale to relieve a burden [1] or ensures that everyone receives an equal part [2]. In other instances, it expresses the act of participating in or empathizing with another’s experience—be it sharing in the duties of society [3] or the subtler act of sharing feelings and thoughts [4][5]. Thus, across diverse texts, “share” emerges as a multifaceted concept that embodies equity, inclusion, and the deep human need for connection.
  1. “I thought to relieve my old bed-ridden mother by part of my share of this whale.”
    — from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville
  2. This he did very fairly, giving each an equal share.
    — from The Aesop for Children by Aesop
  3. Women were formerly excluded from it, but now they share with the men.
    — from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer
  4. Heal mine eyes, that I may share the joy of Thy light.
    — from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine
  5. But all the love and all the sympathy could not share with him his suffering.
    — from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein

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