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    Allusions In Antigone

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    Greek plays did. The Chorus was used to provide wisdom‚ advice‚ and morals directly to the characters‚ and also provide background information to the audience. In Antigone‚ the Chorus uses the literary device of allusion to introduce a different atmosphere and tone into the play. The allusions referenced by the Chorus provide the

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    Apollo Allusions

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    The Apollo Theater‚ which is located in Harlem‚ NY‚ is an allusion to Apollo. This theater is mainly known for its African American performers. However‚ many people enjoy singing and dancing there. Since Apollo was the god of music‚ this theater is an allusion of his. Another allusion referring to Apollo is the Apollo Spacecrafts. These spacecrafts were specific missions by NASA who sent men to space. This alludes to Apollo

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    Allusion In Antigone

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    In Antigone‚ Sophocles uses allusions to praise her courage in accepting her fate. Antigone shared many similarities to Danae. In Ode 4 as the chorus describes the misfortune of Danae it is stated that “a prisoner hidden in a chamber like a tomb‚ although she too‚ came from a noble line. And she my child had in her care the liquid streaming golden seed of Zeus‚”(line 2-4). This mirrors Antigone in the way that Antigone is too thrown into a cave and looked in it as if it was her tomb. Danae was imprisoned

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    Allusions In Leda

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    Allusion: To make a casual or an indirect reference to something. Example: “ A shudder in the loins engenders there The broken wall‚ the burning roof and tower And Agamemnon dead.” and basically the whole sonnet. Yeats‚ W. B. (n.d.). William Butler Yeats. Retrieved from http://www.online-literature.com/yeats/865/ (Originally work published 1928) Function: The entire sonnet is an allusion to the creation of the trojan war‚ which eventually led to the death of the king “Agamemnon”. To understand

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    Allusion Definition

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    When choosing allusions‚mason ’ use the obnoxiously obvious one. Choosing the best allusions should be perfectly recognizable to the reader. An allusion is a literary device that stimulates ideas‚ associations‚ and extra information in the reader ’s mind with only a word or two. Allusion means ’reference ’. It relies on the reader being able to understand the allusion and being familiar with all of the meaning hidden behind the words. Choose a reference that is easily recognizable to the

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    Allusion To Culture

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    Shiloh Gustafson 10/28/2013 ENGL 3201 An Allusion to Culture Hypothetically‚ say time travel were invented and two writers‚ one from today and one from a time long past‚ were given the same‚ very specific prompts. The likely result would be two entirely different products. Though the topic was the same‚ the two writers came from two very different times and cultures‚ producing two works unique to each. Just as light is absorbed and reflected by everything in the Universe‚ literature – poems‚

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    Cheever's Allusion

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    ‘midway through life’s journey’ (368). Cheever uses Neddy’s journey through the suburbs as an allusion to Dante’s journey through hell as they encounter many similarities along the way (368). The link of pools in “The Swimmer‚” referred to as The Lucinda River‚ is a reference to the link of waterways on Dante’s journey that form The River of Life (368). Also the name‚ The Lucinda River‚ is a possible allusion to St. Lucia‚ the name of a saint that keeps Dante safe along his journey (368). Another small

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    Allusions In Frankenstein

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    1. Allusion – A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known‚ such as an event‚ book‚ myth‚ place‚ or work of art. Allusions can be historical‚ literary‚ religious‚ topical‚ or mythical. There are many more possibilities‚ and a work may simultaneously use multiple layers of allusion. (Ex: "seventy times seven"- Wuthering Heights) 2. Characterization- The author’s expression of a character’s personality through the use of action‚ dialogue‚ thought‚ or commentary by

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    Path

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    第十届 杯翻译竞赛原文(英语组) Path Robert Macfarlane Humans are animals and like all animals we leave tracks as we walk: signs of passage made in snow‚ sand‚ mud‚ grass‚ dew‚ earth or moss. The language of hunting has a luminous word for such mark-making: ‘foil’. A creature’s ‘foil’ is its track. We easily forget that we are track-makers‚ though‚ because most of our journeys now occur on asphalt and concrete – and these are substances not easily impressed. ‘Always‚ everywhere‚ people have walked‚

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    Frankenstein: Allusions

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    David Pham Professor Robert Guffey English 100 13 November 2012 Frankenstein: Into the Depths of Allusions An allusion is a figure of speech that is a reference to a well-known person‚ place‚ event‚ or literary work. These allusions are typically used by an author who intends to make a powerful point without the need to explain it. Mary Shelley ’s Frankenstein provides many examples of allusion ’s. She connects the story of “Prometheus”‚ Coleridge ’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ and Milton ’s

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