In Act four‚ of Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible from 1953‚ he demonstrates that one must bend to the will of the court of Salem or follow their own moral guidelines. Miller uses dramatic dialogue‚ ethos and allegorical allusions‚ showing that the people in Salem have to make person choices to follow or abandon their morals. This act’s purpose is to show the mental strain on the characters in the play in order to show the difficulty of the decisions the characters must make. The implied ethical
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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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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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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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The United States Constitution and Biblical Worldview There is currently a major dispute on whether or not the United States Constitution correlates with a Biblical worldview. When the founders wrote the Constitution they wrote it based on what had thrived within many previous civilizations and people groups such as the Roman‚ the Greek‚ and the Hebrew which happens to be‚ the Bible. Research shows that‚ the U.S. Constitution was written by deriving ideas from several different philosophers‚ and
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Hamlet written by Shakespeare during the years of 1599 – 1601. Throughout this play there are many allusions that are portrayed towards the Elizabethan audience that only people from their time period would understand. When I first read over these lines I thought nothing of it and did not understand these words thrown at me‚ which required me to do research. If a line in a play requires research for an audience t understand it then those lines need to me modernized‚ which is why I have come up with
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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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changed‚ a new start and a chance to reunite with already deceased loved ones. Blue Oyster Cult’s popular song‚ (Don’t Fear) The Reaper‚ exhibits an optimistic attitude towards humankind’s transition from this life to the next. Through the use of allusion and imagery‚ the lyrics illustrate that even though dying is inevitable and unavoidable‚ death should not be dreaded. As expected‚ the lyricist portrays death by using the character of the grim reaper. Stereotypically presented as the silent‚ no-nonsense
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Leo Staley Art of Biblical Narrative by Robert Alter A Critical Book Review The Art of Biblical Narrative‚ by Robert Alter‚ presents us with an introduction to a literary approach to the Bible. Specifically‚ he treats the prose of the Bible as highly sophisticated fictional narrative for the purposes of literary and analysis‚ countering notions that the often bewildering features encountered in it are a result of primitive writing technique or confused synthesis of varied sources. After opening
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Allusions in Bill Collins’ “Sonnet” By definition‚ an allusion is a reference‚ within a literary work‚ to another work of fiction‚ a film‚ a piece of art or even a real event and it serves as a kind of shorthand‚ drawing on this outside work to provide greater context or meaning to the situation being written about (Wiehardt). In poetry‚ allusion is a must device for it standard form. If using allusions is great‚ smart and economical ways for the author to communicate with the reader with least
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