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    10 Allusions from TKAM 1. “Angel May” (p. 51) Angel May means the common nickname given to girls to mock their particularly “girly” behavior. Jem refers to Scout as Angel May when Dill and Jem were planning on going to the Radley’s house to try and see Boo Radley. Scout is a tomboy so Jem calling her this is like calling her weak and scared. 2. “Get Miss Maudie’s goat” (p.44) An expression meaning‚ “to annoy someone jokingly.” Uncle Jack asks Miss Maudie to marry him every Christmas and she always

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    Wuthering Heights In Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights she depicts the balance of good and evil and does this so through her characters and their relationships with one another. Emily accomplishes this through her multitude of biblical allusions that depict the disolant road that older Catherine trots down‚ while Heathcliff and Edgar bash skulls for the hand of Catherine more than once. Each of these complex relationships take place with different intentions. One has selfish intentions while

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    show God’s favor for the explorers. To prove how New World imagery is used to show God’s favor of the explorers‚ I will show how Marvell uses various themes such as the idea of a paradise on Earth and the gift of a new promise land to humanity‚ allusions to the Old Testament and

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    Inherit the Wind: historical allusions * *What is a historical allusion – reference to people or events that have historical significance and symbolism * In literature this helps the character become more relatable as well as more easily create a connection with the reader * *Inherit the Wind’s has various historical allusions such as the 3 Kings; Julius Caesar‚ Charlemagne and Richard I * We will discuss how the 3 Kings allow the reader to understand the character and

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    Andrew Jackson: 7th President of the United States (1829-1837). Battle of Hastings: a decisive battle in the Norman Conquests of England in 1066 Cornwall: a country at the southwest tip of England. disturbance between the North and the South: The Civil War (1861-1865) flivver: Model-T Ford. John Wesley: (1702-1791) Founder of the Methodist Church. Meridian‚ Mississippi: Meridian is a city in east Mississippi. Merlin: King Arthur’s adviser‚ prophet and magician. Mobile: a city in southwest

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    Ignorance is the lack of knowledge or information; as humans are always lacking knowledge‚ humans are often afraid of the unknown. Lord of the Flies by William Golding has many symbols and events that represent things and real events in our world‚ such as various religious allegories. Many of the events in Lord of the Flies are related to the stories in the Bible. The stories about the Garden of Eden‚ Cain and Abel‚ and the temptation of Jesus are similar to certain events in Lord of the Flies

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    to see it thrive‚ but he instead was forced to watch as the citizens‚ political leaders‚ and religious leaders out the city into a downward spiral of immorality and conflict. The allusions Dante uses in the Inferno contribute to his goal of helping the readers understand the evils he is exposing. Each different allusion represents some aspect of political‚ social‚ or religious life that Dante believed needed reform in his society. Specifically‚ in the Canto V‚ Dante references many famous figures

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    “The Second Coming” tells of the evils the world will experience with the second coming of Christ‚ is the inspiration for the Achebe’s novel‚ Things Fall Apart. However‚ instead of building upon further prediction‚ Achebe uses the literary device of allusion to show us that it is already happening. Through the dissection of the first four lines of the poem Achebe creates a tale that shows‚ the falcon‚ the young and the people of the colonies of Europe moving away from their parents advice

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    that you are being held back from being different. Also‚ it helps by making everyone equal because if you show you are not equal‚ you go to jail. To get to jail‚ you are put in chains‚ so you are bonded away from society. Secondly‚ the author uses allusion to help the theme.

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    Cry the Beloved Country Many times in literary pieces‚ allusions are put in novels‚ used to foreshadow the ending of a book. The most common types of allusions are those from the bible. This is probably because many are familiar with the bible and its stories. The goal of foreshadowing is to provide a way for the reader to think more about the big picture‚ rather than what is happening page by page. In the novel‚ Cry the Beloved County‚ allusions to the Bible are very apparent and hold high significance

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