I interpret E Tenebris as an apology for sins that Oscar Wilde had committed. The sins could include his homosexuality, but that is not definite. He speaks of standing in front of the throne of God, and he says that he will go to hell for the sins he has committed. Towards the end of the poem when it is evident that Jesus is being mentioned, he seems to have remorse for committing those sins when Jesus suffered and died to save us from them.
The Biblical allusion to the story of Absalom and King David. The metaphorical allusion to the Garden of Eden. The allusion to the lives of Arthur Jarvis and Abraham, representing different paths. The allusion to the Valley of the Shadow of Death from the Bible. The allusion to the concept of justice and redemption through suffering. The allusion to the traditional Zulu way of life and the impact of colonization on it.
The allusion of the story "A Stone Throw" is to the biblical story of the woman caught in adultery. The narrative draws parallels between the judgmental attitudes of the townspeople towards the woman and the forgiveness offered by Jesus in the Bible. Through this allusion, the story explores themes of forgiveness, redemption, and the complexity of human nature.
The Tree of Knowledge in the biblical allusion refers to the tree in the Garden of Eden from which Adam and Eve were forbidden to eat its fruit. According to the Bible, eating from this tree would result in knowledge of good and evil, leading to their expulsion from paradise. It symbolizes the concept of free will and the consequences of disobedience.
These generally refer to the 12 tribes of Israel.
The left eye cannot see.
Allusion relies on the reader or audience's ability to recognize the reference being made to another text, event, or person. It is effective when the allusion adds depth, meaning, or context to the current work through the connection it creates with the referenced source. Clear and well-chosen allusions can enhance a reader's understanding and appreciation of the material.
Oh, dude, "tenete eos in tenebris" in Latin means "keep them in the dark." So, like, if someone's trying to keep you out of the loop, you can just hit them with this fancy Latin phrase and be all mysterious and stuff. It's like the ancient version of saying, "I know what you're up to, but I'll let you think you're fooling me."
Kanye West's "Through the wire" is full of allusion, as well as "For Women" by Talib Kweli
In today's popular thinking about Cleopatra, a Cleopatra allusion would be any girl who gets what she want through sex. A temprtress. A femme fatal.
Allusion is a reference to something outside the story itself. For example, the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck uses an allusion to Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse" in its title. One of the lines of the poem says, translated, "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." This idea then relates to the book.Look in the story for some reference to a person, place, event, etc, from outside the story itself. Maybe there's a line that says the girl has Lucille Ball comedy or Harpo Marx hair. That would be an allusion. We have to be culturally literate to understand allusions since they reference material that is not in the text.An allusion deals with outside sources in a novel. They "allude" to a specific event, person, place, or time in history, literature, mythology or religion. For example, one could write that the mountain would make Zeus bow at its knees. (personification and mythical allusion)An example of a religious or biblical allusion would be "I walked into the crowd and everyone parted in reverence like the red sea." (biblical allusion to Moses parting the red sea)An example of a literary allusion would be "We were forced to move west, as if we were the Joads" (Literary allusion to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath)An example of an allusion to a specific event, person, and time in history would be "As I walked through the door, I felt as if I'd stepped into Rome straddling the line to civil war, as if I were Caesar about to cross the Rubicon."Allusions are fairly simple concepts. An allusion is just a reference.
A basket ball looks like it barely fits through the goal when in fact two basketballs side by side will fit through the goal.
It is Biblical. From a hymn. Be still and know that I am yours. The "I" is God. It's from a psalm, or actually 2 psalms. One is the 23rd, Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death etc. etc. It surprises me that so few people know of this song's Biblical origins, but maybe the Fray does not have an audience of Church goers.