Understanding Allusions in Literature and Film
Allusions in literature and film refer to references made to well-known people, places, events, or works of art from outside the text or movie. Connecting these references helps readers/viewers gain a deeper understanding of the content by relating it to something familiar. The purpose of using allusions is to enhance the analysis of characters, plot, setting, and themes in a piece. Examples of allusions can be found in various works like "Anna Karenina," "To Have and Have Not," and Greek mythology. Explore the significance of allusions further through the essay "Grand Allusion" by Elizabeth Samet.
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ALLUSIONS A reference within a work to something famous outside it, such as a well- known person, place, event, story, or work of art, literature, music, pop culture.
EXAMPLE (FILM TO FILM) KARATE KID DISNEY S HERCULES
PURPOSE OF ALLUSIONS Lets reader/viewer understand new information, characters, plot, setting, etc. by connecting it to something already known. Allows one to analyze the piece better when there is something familiar to connect it to.
Read Grand Allusion by Elizabeth Samet independently Answer the questions at the bottom of the page ON YOUR OWN PAPER do NOT write on this paper
ALLUSIONS IN THIS PIECE I was reminded that each unhappy allusion is unhappy in its own way. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina Don t make it sad, Cricket, I don t feel that way. Ernest Hemingway, To Have and Have Not and the 1944 film adaptation Gimme a whiskey. . . . And don t be stingy, baby. Eugene O Neill s play Anna Christie Bastard Normans, Norman bastards. William Shakespeare, The Life of King Henry the Fifth Scylla of the swindle to the Charybdis of condescension Greek mythology: Scylla is a sea creature who devours sailors and Charybdis is a whirlpool opposite Scylla s cave several keyboarding Natty Bumppos of my acquaintance James Fenimore Cooper s The Leatherstocking Tales The title of the essay Grand Allusion a play on Grand Illusion, a 1937 French war film directed by Jean Renoir
