Shakespeare Allusions Project by Gigi https://padlet.com/mariahmariegigi/shakespeare_allusions_project Gigi Gielow P.1 en-us 2017-10-25 02:50:40 UTC 2023-01-28 21:16:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Introduction mariahmariegigi https://padlet.com/mariahmariegigi/shakespeare_allusions_project/wish/200266053 Allusions are references to something external. The purpose of allusions is to help the reader connect deeper with the work emotionally and ideally. Allusions are important because it gives a deeper meaning to the context and allows readers to thoughtfully expand upon the text.]]> 2017-10-25 03:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mariahmariegigi/shakespeare_allusions_project/wish/200266053 Allusions in pop culture mariahmariegigi https://padlet.com/mariahmariegigi/shakespeare_allusions_project/wish/200268100 One allusion I have picked is a scene in the film “Dead Poets Society” from 1989. The allusion in the film is when the students stand on top of their desks and shout “O captain! My captain!” to their teacher who is leaving the classroom after being fired. This refers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman. This helps the viewer see the importance of the teacher and the love the students have for him. This is effective because the poem expresses the love and respect Walt has for Abraham Lincoln and how much he looked up to him which is evenly portrayed by the students when the line is said.
Another allusion I have chosen is from Taylor Swift's song New Romantics. The allusion in the song is "we show off our scarlet letters". This refers to the book "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.  A scarlet letter refers to a punishment and reminder of a sin. This is effective because it exaggerates the song which is about the way young adults view and portray love.
]]> 2017-10-25 04:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mariahmariegigi/shakespeare_allusions_project/wish/200268100 Shakespeare's Allusions mariahmariegigi https://padlet.com/mariahmariegigi/shakespeare_allusions_project/wish/201774764 One allusion Shakespeare has made is "There is none but he whose being I do fear, and under him my genius is rebuked, as it is said Mark Antony's was by Caesar." This allusion is placed in Macbeth, Act 3 Scene 1, lines 7-10 which is being spoken by Banquo. Here Shakespeare is alluding to Mark Antony who was Caesar's friends. This allusion is important because it emphasizes the aspect of someone falling under someone else's shadow.
The second allusion I have picked is "I as Aeneas, our great ancestor, did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder the old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber did I the tired Caesar." This allusion is placed in Julius Caesar, Act 1 Scene 2, lines 23-26 which is being spoken by Antony. Here Shakespeare is alluding to two people, both from Greek mythology, Aeneas and Anchises. This allusion is important because it alludes to how Aeneas saved his father (Anchises) which relates to  helping Caesar, yet, he is still unrecognized for his contribution.
The third allusion I have picked is “…and Caesar’s spirit ranging for revenge, with Ate by his side come hot from hell...” This allusion is placed in Julius Caesar, Act 3 Scene 1, lines 17-18, which is said by Antony. In these lines Shakespeare is alluding to Ate. A Greek Goddess who acted mischievously and evilly upon irrationality and impulse. This allusion is important because it emphasizes how Antony believes Caesar's spirit would react.
The fourth allusion I have picked is “…my father’s brother, but no more like my father than I to Hercules…” This allusion is placed in Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 2, lines 24-25, which is said by Hamlet himself. Here, Shakespeare is alluding to Hercules. This is important because it really shows how irrelevant Hamlet’s uncle is to Hamlet.
The last and final allusion I have picked is “…with forms to his conceit? and all for nothing! For Hecuba! What’s Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba…” This allusion is placed in Hamlet, Act 2 Scene 2, which is spoken by Hamlet. This alludes to Hecuba, a Greek Trojan Queen. This is important because Hecuba and Gertrude have both tragically lost their husbands. Hecuba was devastated and full of grief which contrasts from his mother’s reaction to the death of her own husband. This is placed within this text to show how Hamlet would’ve wanted his mother to act when he had lost his father. ]]> 2017-10-30 15:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mariahmariegigi/shakespeare_allusions_project/wish/201774764 Allusion to Shakespeare in Pop Culture mariahmariegigi https://padlet.com/mariahmariegigi/shakespeare_allusions_project/wish/203164149 In the film The Nightmare Before Christmas one of the main characters, Jack Skellington, takes off his head while reciting the lines “Since I am dead, I can take off my head, to recite Shakespearean quotation” in the song Jack’s Lament. This alludes to Hamlet, where he is holding the skull of his dead friend in Act 5 Scene 1.]]> 2017-11-03 02:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mariahmariegigi/shakespeare_allusions_project/wish/203164149 Allusion Pictures mariahmariegigi https://padlet.com/mariahmariegigi/shakespeare_allusions_project/wish/203166783 (Mark Antony, Aeneas & Anchises, Hercules, & Hecuba)]]> 2017-11-03 02:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mariahmariegigi/shakespeare_allusions_project/wish/203166783