https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions By Fernanda Carriedo & Sarahlee en-us 2017-10-25 00:56:13 UTC 2023-07-16 04:17:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png fernanda_1523902 https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200242584 An allusion is an indirect or passing reference.
Their purpose is to provide the audience with a deeper understanding of an author's message.
Allusions are important because they stimulates ideas, associations, and extra information in the reader's mind with only a word or two. ]]> 2017-10-25 01:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200242584 fernanda_1523902 https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200243084 Simba's royal father is murdered by his evil uncle, who then takes his crown which references Shakespeare's tragedy, Hamlet, when Hamlet's uncle kills his father.
Timon and Pumba share the same roles as Hamlet's friends, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern because they lead the main character to their quest for vengeance.
This all helps the viewer understand that The Lion King is a story about a son who seeks to avenge his father.

]]> 2017-10-25 01:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200243084 fernanda_1523902 https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200249274 The animated film is a remake of Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo & Juliet, with a happier ending.
The film is a kid-friendly story whose title helps the viewers understand that it is about two gnomes from opposing families who fall in love.]]> 2017-10-25 01:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200249274 fernanda_1523902 https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200252327 https://literarydevices.net/allusion/
https://www.animationsource.org/lion_king/en/articles/Shakespeare-in-the-Lion-King/94323.html&id_film=13
http://findingmickey.squarespace.com/disney-studios-motion-pictures/gnomeo-juliet/
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/taming_shrew/full.html
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/romeo_juliet/full.html
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/full.html]]> 2017-10-25 02:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200252327 fernanda_1523902 https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200252544 “Leave that labor to great Hercules.”
-Gremio (1.2.255)
Hercules, or Heracles, is a hero of incredible strength from Greek mythology. He was assigned twelve impossible labors by the goddess Hera.

“Hear Minerva speak.”
-Lucentio (1.1.84)
Minerva is the Roman equivalent to Athena of Greek mythology. She is the goddess of wisdom.]]> 2017-10-25 02:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200252544 fernanda_1523902 https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200253029 "... But all so soon as the all-cheering sun
Should in the farthest East begin to draw
The shady curtains from Aurora's bed..."
-Montague (1.1.130-132)
Aurora was the Roman goddess of the dawn. The image portrays the sun drawing the curtains from the goddess of the dawn's bed.

"She hath Dian's wit, 
And, in strong proof of chastity well arm'd,
From Love's weak childish bow she lives uharm'd."
-Romeo (1.1.211-213)

]]> 2017-10-25 02:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200253029 fernanda_1523902 https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200253710 "Hyperion to a satyr..."
-Hamlet (1.2.141)
In Greek mythology, Hyperion was considered the "High One," & a satyr was a drunken god. Hamlet draws a parallel between Hyperion and a satyr between late King Hamlet & Claudius, forming an analogy that makes his father look like a saint & Claudius seem depraved.]]> 2017-10-25 02:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200253710 fernanda_1523902 https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200256165 In the song "Love Story", Taylor Swift multiple times makes references to Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo & Juliet. Throughout the song, she repeats, "You were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles, and my daddy said, 'Stay away from Juliet.'" which may possibly be referring to as her relationship with a guy her parents didn't approve of.]]> 2017-10-25 02:38:11 UTC https://padlet.com/fernanda_1523902/Carriedo_Allusions/wish/200256165