Literary notes about compliance (AI summary)
In literature, “compliance” is portrayed as a multifaceted notion ranging from reluctant submission to calculated obedience. Authors depict it sometimes as an unenthusiastic acquiescence to external pressures or established norms, as when a character’s demeanor encapsulates both resistance and yielding ([1], [2], [3]). In other instances, it serves as a marker of deliberate adherence to authority—whether to governmental decree, societal expectation, or familial decree—as seen in the measured responses of characters aligning with prescribed wishes ([4], [5], [6]). Additionally, the term extends to the realm of regulatory conformity, where it signifies strict adherence to established rules and formal procedures ([7], [8]). This breadth of usage underscores its inherent tension between voluntary obedience and the imposition of external will, adding a layer of complexity to the narrative’s exploration of power and agency ([9], [10]).
- Better a friendly denial than an unwilling compliance.
— from A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs - It was an eloquent gesture expressing disgust, resignation, and unwilling compliance in one lift of smoothly muscled shoulders.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - I rather absurdly concluded, knowing not with what possible threat to try to frighten his immobility into compliance.
— from Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street by Herman Melville - She said: "I am quite willing to go, both in compliance with your wish, and from interest in the cause itself.
— from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I - Obedience: Compliance with the wishes of parents or those in places of authority.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook by Boy Scouts of America - Compliance with his father’s wishes led him to spend much time in the forum, and for a while poetry was abandoned.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid - Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up with these requirements.
— from The three musketeers by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - We do not solicit donations in locations where we have not received written confirmation of compliance.
— from Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare - s were stopped by the authority of the Crown, which enforced compliance with its absolute and despotic will.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville - He was again solicited to restore peace to his country, by timely compliance with the will of his sovereign.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
