Shakespeare Allusions Project by Linda Rodriguez-Juarez [STUDENT] https://padlet.com/linda_1886755/ql8olb0hnres Linda Rodriguez & Naomi Rodriguez en-us 2017-10-30 16:41:43 UTC 2025-10-26 00:43:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Allusions: linda_1886755 https://padlet.com/linda_1886755/ql8olb0hnres/wish/201822882
  • Allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
    • -Allusions serve a great purpose in they give the reader a deeper meaning to a story usually referring to someone else's work. It also helps the reader understand what is taking place.
    ]]>     2017-10-30 16:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/linda_1886755/ql8olb0hnres/wish/201822882     Examples of allusions in pop culture: linda_1886755 https://padlet.com/linda_1886755/ql8olb0hnres/wish/201830425 1) Eminem's ft. Rihanana:
    "You don't get another chance, Life is no Nintendo game"
    • This allusion is a perfect example because Eminem refers to an Nintendo game, meaning how in life you only have one chance no do overs and like in a Nintendo game there is so reset button in life. Life is a one time thing and you decisions are a big part of it.
    2) Timbaland's ft. Drake Say Something:
     "You shoulda been here to kick it with me We coulda split this whole thing up 50/50, the ever so talented Mr. Ripley" 
    • The song refers to Mr. Ripley from the movie The Talented Mr. Ripley because he is known for getting away from killing others and Drake compares himself in the way of him "killing" other rappers, he is better than all of them.

    ]]>     2017-10-30 17:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/linda_1886755/ql8olb0hnres/wish/201830425     Allusion made to Shakespeare in pop culture: linda_1886755 https://padlet.com/linda_1886755/ql8olb0hnres/wish/202323666 Toy Story 3:
    • At the end of the movie Toy Story 3 all the toys get together stage Romeo and Juliet and also reference parts of it. They even show a piece of the 'balcony scene'  with the hedgehog as Romeo and the Little Green Man as Juliet. They quote “Romeo oh Romeo wherefore art thou Romeo." This scene comes from Act 2 Scene 2 in one of Shakespeare scenes.
    ]]>     2017-10-31 20:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/linda_1886755/ql8olb0hnres/wish/202323666     5 Allusions Shakespeare makes in his soliloquies: linda_1886755 https://padlet.com/linda_1886755/ql8olb0hnres/wish/202327034 1) Julius Caesar Act 3 scene 2-
    "I did enact Julius Caesar. I was killed i' the' Capitol; Brutus killed me."
    • This allusion refers to Caesar's assassination by his friend Brutus. It is important because it is a reminder of Claudius' murder of King Hamlet and Hamlet's mission of getting revenge of his fathers death.
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