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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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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However‚ it is in Yeats’ apocalyptic poems‚ ‘Leda and the Swan’ and ‘The Second Coming’ that this metaphor for the history of time is most explored. The poems relate the tales of two points in time that Yeats feels to be important turning points in history‚ epicenters of calamity and destruction‚ as the stability of civilization in torn apart and humanity enters a new era of was and horror. The first of the poems‚ ‘The Second Coming’‚ was written in 1920 and the very title indicates to the reader something
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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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‘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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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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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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“Beowulf” contains significant amounts of allusion to the Old Testament and the New Testament because of the contrasting characteristics of Beowulf‚ Grendel‚
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Allusion Literal meaning How it develops theme Sources I would have such a fellow whipped for o’erdoing Termagant (II‚ii‚14) It out herods Herod (III‚ii‚14) I would whip a guy for making a tyrant sound too tyrannical. That’s as bad as those old plays in which King Herod ranted. Please avoid doing that. In this allusion to a Moslem god (Termagant) and to Herod‚ the Biblical King that beheaded John the Baptist. Hamlet is talking to the troupe of players and advising them not to overdo their
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Article Critique of Viktoriia No Allusions in the Classroom: Under the Mask of Ignorance I agree with the author’s mentioned above points because of the following reasons: Firstly‚ everyone in the contemporary society should understand the importance of common knowledge as “a phenomenon which underwrites much of social life” (Lewis 236). Paraphrasing the famous philosophical works and authors‚ we can easily come to basic suggestion which states that “to communicate … successfully‚ individuals
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