3 (number) - in Literature

In Literature

  • It is a peculiarity of Semitic linguistics that a large majority of consonantal roots are triliterals.
  • 3 is the number of witches in William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
  • 3 is the number of words or phrases in a Tripartite motto.
  • 3 is the number of novels or films in a trilogy and the number of interconnected works of art in a triptych.
  • Thr3e is a 2003 suspense novel written by thriller author Ted Dekker.
  • Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has three parts each of thirty-three cantos (plus one introductory canto totaling 100). It was written in terza rima, a combination of tercets. All of this is an allusion to the Christian Trinity.
  • The number three recurs several times in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and also in The Silmarillion. Three Rings of Power were given to the Elves. There are three Silmarils. The unions of the Eldar (Elves) and the Edain (Men) were three in number: Beren and Lúthien, Tuor and Idril, and Aragorn and Arwen.
  • Three Blind Mice is a children's nursery rhyme and musical round.
  • The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, and is part of a trilogy.
  • Three Sisters is a play by Anton Chekhov.
  • A recurring theme in Arthur C. Clarke's Rama series is the observation that "the Ramans do everything in threes."
  • The Three Bears – children's classic literature
  • The Three Little Pigs – children's classic literature.
  • 3 is the number of wishes normally granted in most fairy tales and stories. Likewise, the protagonist in most stories faces 3 conflicts, whether mental or physical before his or her great triumph.
  • "Threes" is a poem by Carl Sandburg.
  • In many Czech folktales, a great beast of some sort will, if bound in some manner, usually be bound by three chains, hooks, ropes, etc., and a menial task must be repeated three times to free it.
  • The Day of the Triffids, 1951 by John Wyndham. Genetically modified plants with three legs take over the earth.
  • The number three is a recurring theme in the Series of Unfortunate Events: there are three Baudelaire orphans, three Snicket orphans, three Quagmire orphans, etc.
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly centers around a theme of 3

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