Allusion

He compares Thomas Sutpen to God in the way that he has a “grand design” and he sacrifices his son for what he thinks is a greater good. However, the most significant allusion is to the story of Absalom in the Old Testament. In this bible story, Absalom was King David’s third and favorite son. Absalom’s sister, Tamar, was raped by their half-brother Amnon after she resisted his pursuit of her. After Absalom found out about…

‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort’ (pg 3). In J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit, there is a world just like ours. But what two worlds are exactly alike? No matter the similarity, each world is as unique as a snowflake. This world, born of Tolkien’s imagination, resides in Middle Earth; this…

There are many biblical references (besides Jay Gatsby as a Christ-like figure) in The Great Gatsby. According to Thomas Foster, author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Every story about the loss of innocence if really about someone’s private reenactment of the fall from grace, since we experience it not collectively but individually and subjectively which connects to Adam and Eve and the mistakes they made. Jay Gatsby fits this statement because on page 66 He tells Nick, “Then, came…

A Streetcar Named Desire is an allusion to the death of the “Old South.” Blanche DuBois, a woman raised on a southern plantation, creates this allusion. Blanche is the epitome of the Old South by being a school teacher, wanting to depend on a man, and trying to stay prim and proper all of the time. Her job as a school teacher puts her in the position of working with children, as seen in the Old South. She wants to depend on a man, like Mitch, because she believes he will take care of her.…

Throughout The Negro Speaks of Rivers, the narrator utilizes allusion to chart the movement of African-American culture through the ages by alluding to four major rivers. Along with allusions, the narrator uses metaphors to compare the soul of the black community to the ancient and everlasting great rivers of the earth. In this way, the speaker is representing the entire black community and the rivers become a symbol of the history of Africans and African-Americans alike. In the first stanza,…

literary elements of allusion, foreshadowing, and characterization. The society that Lowry creates is a perfect world without crime, war, or poverty. Every person has a specific role and they are not allowed to make any choices on their own. One person, The Giver, is responsible for holding all the memories of all the pain and pressures of life. Now Jonas has been chosen to receive training to become the new Giver, and he carries an enormous burden. First, the author’s use of allusion…

Later in the novel, Frederick says farewell both the arms of war and the arms of Catherine. In regards to the novel’s allusion to Shakespeare, I believe that the title also foreshadows to the losing of his occupations as soldier, father, and husband, just as Othello lost his occupations of soldier and husband when he killed Desdemona. This allusion to Shakespeare’s Othello can be read as Catherine jokingly foreshadowing her death because of Regarding this foreshadowing of Catherine’s…

In the book “Fahrenheit 451” Ray Bradbury uses many allusions. An allusion is a reference to a well know person or event. A writer uses them to help simplify complex emotions or ideas. Allusions make it easier for readers to understand the complex ideas by comparing it to the reference the writer used. This essay shows the use of the allusion “Cheshire cat” from “Alice in Wonderland” and how it helps to show the themes in “Fahrenheit 451”. I think the Cheshire cat helps to show, the theme that…

The Native American Genocide that swept America “The Shining” is a classic horror film directed by Stanley Kubrick, released on May 23, 1980. The movie takes place in the home of the three main characters Jack Torrance, Wendy Torrance and Danny Torrence aka Doc. Jack goes for an Interview and ends up getting the job during the winter as the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel. The Overlook Hotel is known to have many Native American patterns on the floor and curtains even on Wendy’s clothes.…

In the Novel The Handmaid’s Tale written by Margaret Atwood, is known for it’s biblical references. The biblical references used in the book, are mostly by the different name groups in society. There are certain names only men are called and only certain names women are only called. Men’s are more of the top leading roles, because they don’t have many restrictions as a women does. Women’s roles are about fertility and serving, which in Gilead is the only thing that they are meant to do. The…