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AP Literature: Literary Allusions Flashcards

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8043214805All the world's a stagereducing the life of human beings to a performance0
8043214809Byronicromantic poet; dark, moody, mysterious1
8043214811Camelotkingdom of King Arthur; represents a land of fantasy2
8043214815Don Quixoteinsane Spanish character who believes he's a knight; consequences aren't accounted for3
8043214816Don JuanSpanish character (man) obsessed with seducing women; thought he could escape death and pay for sins later4
8043214817Dorian GrayOscar Wilde character; narcissist who committed each sin to see how it affected him; avoiding death5
8043214818ExcaliburKing Arthur's sword, given to him to become King; whoever has it has the kingdom and power6
8043214822GalahadArthurian knight of the round table, known for purity and gallantry; euphemism for virginity7
8043214823Gauntletinsulting challenge in medieval times; "running the gauntlet" means going through a challenge8
8043214827Hatfields and McCoystwo families in the Appalachian mountains known for bitter feuds; similar to Romeo and Juliet9
8043214835Lemmingstype of rodent that commits mass suicide; describes a person who follows people without question10
8043214836Lilliputians"Gulliver's Travel" tiny characters; someone or something that is small, irrelevant, or petty11
8043214837Lotharioa guy who is a womanizer, selfish with his sexual relations with women12
8043214838MachiavellianNicola Machiavelli's "The Prince" theory; holding onto power, better to be feared than loved13
8043214839Malapropthe unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar, creating a humorous effect14
8043214841"Marriage of true minds"Shakespeare; a love that goes beyond a spiritual connection15
8043214843Modest ProposalJonathon Swift's book about Irish Famine; a satirical work about how the way the saving their country is eating babies16
8043214847"Out, Damned Spot!"Shakespeare's "Macbeth"; when Lady Macbeth can't wash away blood stains from the murders they commit; referencing how one cannot escape their actions17
8043214849PavlovianIvan Pavlov's theory; reflexive and unconscious response to a stimulus18
8043214851Poetic Justiceoutcome in which bias is punished and virtue rewarded, usually in an ironically appropriate manner19
8043214852"Pound of flesh"Shakespeare; something that is owed and ruthlessly required to pay back20
8043214853Primrose PathShakespeare's "Hamlet"; a path of ease, or of least resistance, which probably leads to downfall21
8043214859"Sound and Fury"Shakespeare's "Macbeth"; an uproar of little importance22
8043214860Svengalisomeone who exercises excessive control or influence over another person23
8043214862"The best of all possible worlds"Voltare; satire that is used to represent the benefits of widely different situations24
8043214865Uncle Tom"Uncle Tom's Cabin"; a black person who is eager to win the approval of white people and willing to cooperate with them; betrayal of social allegiances25
8043214867Waterloobattle between the French and English which ended Napoleon's rule; a defeat that is impossible to recover from26
8043214868Yahooan imaginary race from "Gulliver's Travels"; a rude or violent person27

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