Allusions by Trevor Stowell https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6 Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2017-10-30 15:25:10 UTC 2026-02-16 02:03:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Allusions: trevor_707466 https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/201773587 -a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication
-They help the reader form ideas, gives extra information and helps visualize what is happening ]]> 2017-10-30 15:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/201773587 Moves Like Jagger by: Maroon 5 trevor_707466 https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/201785572 "I've got the moves like Jagger"
The allusion is referring to Mick Jagger and how he could dance. Maroon 5 wants to be like Jagger and thinks that they are. They compare themselves literally to Jagger.]]> 2017-10-30 15:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/201785572 West Side Story trevor_707466 https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/201793180 this 1960's film is an allusion to Romeo and Juliet. the two main characters, Maria and Tony, are compared to Romeo and Juliet. The quarrel between the Caplets and Montagues is re-imagined as the quarrel between the two gangs in the movie, the Jets and the Sharks.]]> 2017-10-30 15:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/201793180 Hall of Fame by: The Script trevor_707466 https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/201799349 "You can be the King Kong"
The allusion is from the movie King Kong. It refers to a person that is being brave and strong. Being King Kong suggests that people need to be brave and strong to get through life.
]]> 2017-10-30 16:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/201799349 Hamlet- Act One, Scene Two- line 11-12 trevor_707466 https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/203164264 "So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr" 
Hamlet is speaking in this about his father who had just died and his uncle who just married his mother. He is comparing his father to Hyperion, the titan who is the God of light, and his uncle to a satyr, a half goat half man creature that is nothing special. These are both characters in Greek mythology in which Shakespeare is alluding to. ]]> 2017-11-03 02:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/203164264 Hamlet- Act One, Scene Two- line 24-25 trevor_707466 https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/203167205 "My father's brother, but no more like my father than I to Hercules"
Hamlet is talking about how he is the opposite of Hercules. Hercules is a mythological character that acted and did what he had to when bad things happened but Hamlet doesn't do this. He contemplates what he should do about his mother and uncle. He realizes that Hercules would have acted right away unlike himself. Shakespeare is alluding to Greek mythology.]]> 2017-11-03 02:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/203167205 Hamlet- Act Three, Scene One- line 34-35 trevor_707466 https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/203170416 "The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons be all my sins remember'd"
Hamlet is talking about the girl Ophelia that he is lusting after. He compares her to Nymphs which are a female that rank below Gods. They are especially known for their beauty and kindness. Shakespeare is once again alluding to Greek mythology.]]> 2017-11-03 03:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/203170416 Macbeth- Act Three, Scene One- line 9-10 trevor_707466 https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/203171687 "My genius is rebuked, as it is said Mark Antony's was by Caesar"
Macbeth is speaking about how her intelligence is being ignored just like in Julius Caesar. Mark Antony eventually killed Julius Caesar because he ignored his intelligence. Mark Antony was fed up with it just like how Macbeth is fed up with it. Shakespeare is alluding to another one of his plays called Julius Caesar.]]> 2017-11-03 03:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/203171687 Julius Caesar- Act Three, Scene One- line 17-18 trevor_707466 https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/203173416 "And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, with Ate by his side come hot from hell"
Mark Antony is talking about Julius Caesar and how his spirit is going to seek revenge on him and the others that killed him. He says that he is coming with Ate by his side who is the Goddess of vengeance. He is saying that she will help him on his journey for revenge. Shakespeare again alludes to Greek mythology talking about a Goddess. ]]> 2017-11-03 04:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/203173416 Work Cited trevor_707466 https://padlet.com/trevor_707466/kx23mwmfcyl6/wish/203175417 -Soliloquy packet from class
-“Allusion.” Dictionary.com, www.dictionary.com/browse/allusion.
-The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. “Ate.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 14 Jan. 2008, www.britannica.com/topic/Ate.
-“Hyperion (Mythology).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 2 Nov. 2017, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(mythology).

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