Randy Yiv
Wesley Hsu
Moses Kim
Kayla Hoang
Period 1
UNCLE SAM
Historical Allusion
Explanation/Summary
Modern Meaning
- Personification of American Government
- Manifestation of patriotism
- Named after Samuel Wilson (War of 1812)
- American Propoganda
- Adventures of Uncle Sam
- Imperialism
- Controversial foreign policies
- Political Cartoons
Rumpelstiltskin
Literary Allusion
Explanation
Modern Usage
- Brothers Grimm
- Manipulative and sly
- Seems helpful
- Ulterior Motive is to trick
- To describe a manipulator
- Big Brother from 1984
” A little Rumpelstiltskin figure, contorted with hatred, he gripped the neck of the microphone with one hand while the other, enormous at the end of a bony arm, clawed the air menacingly above his head” (228).
Biblical Allusion
Crown of Thorns
Explanation
Example
- Literal crown of thorns
- Roman soldiers
- Crucifixion
- Mockery
- Instrument of Passion
- Sacrifice for great good
- Popular novel, Bone:Crown of Horns
- The Crown of Horns -> Sacrifice
- Similar to Jesus
Mythological Allusion
Sisyphus
Explanation
Meaning
- King of Ephyra
- Infamous for deceitfulness and trickery
- Deceived Thanatos, Hermes, Hades, Zeus
- Interrupted cycle of life and death
- Thrown into Tartarus in the Underworld
- Eternal punishment from hubris
- adjective "Sisyphean" describes actions that are meaningless
- exist to create suffering
- Ex. count all of the grains of sand on a beach