AP Literature: Allusions Flashcards

8030737827	Adonis	beautiful, immortal man; deserved vanity	0
8030737828	All the world's a stage	Shakespeare's "As You Like it"; reducing the life of human beings to a performance	1
8030739000	Alpha and Omega	greek alphabet; the beginning and the end, supreme being and lowest rank	2
8030739001	Apocalypse	biblical allusion; the end of the world (any ending)	3
8030740760	Armageddon	biblical allusion; struggle of violence; the end of the world	4
8030743504	Byronic	Lord Byron, romantic poet; dark, moody, mysterious	5
8030743505	Cain and Abel	biblical allusion; children of Adam and Eve, Cain kills Abel and becomes the first murderer	6
8030744292	Camelot	kingdom of King Arthur; represents a land of fantasy	7
8030745209	Cyrano	character who doesn't look pretty, but is talented	8
8030746239	David and Bathsheba	biblical allusion; King David's affair with Bathsheba; references a significant sin	9
8030746240	David and Goliath	biblical allusion; David (the little guy who fought in God's army) defeats Goliath (huge guy)	10
8030747361	Don Quixote	insane Spanish character who believes he's a knight; consequences aren't accounted for	11
8030747362	Don Juan	Spanish character (man) obsessed with seducing women; thought he could escape death and pay for sins later	12
8030748782	Dorian Gray	Oscar Wilde character; narcissist who committed each sin to see how it affected him; avoiding death	13
8030748783	Excalibur	King Arthur's sword, given to him to become King; whoever has it has the kingdom and power	14
8030750030	Eye of the Needle	biblical allusion; Jesus saying how difficult it is to do something	15
8030751422	"Face that launched a thousand ships"	Helen of Troy sparked the Trojan Wars	16
8030751423	Four Horsemen	biblical allusion; four horsemen of the apocalypse: death, famine, war, pestilence	17
8030752367	Galahad	Arthurian knight of the round table, known for purity and gallantry; euphemism for virginity	18
8030752368	Gauntlet	insulting challenge in medieval times; "running the gauntlet" means going through a challenge	19
8030753146	Good Samaritan	biblical allusion; super helpful person willing to help anyone	20
8030754389	Handwriting on the Wall	biblical allusion; showing some event that was known to be coming (usually negative)	21
8030754390	Harpy	greek/roman mythology; half bird/half woman; nagging or predatory person	22
8030755036	Hatfields and McCoys	two families in the Appalachian mountains known for bitter feuds; similar to Romeo and Juliet	23
8030755037	Hector	son of King Troy, part of Trojan army; bully or someone who is loud, aggressive, and dominate	24
8030756095	Icarus	greek mythology; Icarus flies too close to the sun and falls to his death in the sea; someone who fails by not listening to a voice of reason	25
8030756096	Ishmael	biblical allusion; son of Abraham and a handmaiden, born wicked but repented; banished with his mom, outcast from birth	26
8030756990	Jezebel	Jewish parable; King Ahab's wicked wife is killed for imposing her religion on others, leading people astray	27
8030756991	Job	biblical allusion; loyal servant to God who is tested by God and Satan; "The lord giveth and taketh away"	28
8030756992	Judas	biblical allusion; one of 12 disciples, took pleasure in money and offered up Jesus to the Romans; betrayed Jesus by revealing him with the kiss of death, killed himself in grief	29
8030758263	Immaculate Conception	biblical allusion; Mary was born without original sin; first ever to be born pure	30
8030758264	Lemmings	type of rodent that commits mass suicide; describes a person who follows people without question	31
8030759303	Lilliputians	"Gulliver's Travel" tiny characters; someone or something that is small, irrelevant, or petty	32
8030759304	Lothario	a guy who is a womanizer, selfish with his sexual relations with women	33
8030760455	Machiavellian	Nicola Machiavelli's "The Prince" theory; holding onto power, better to be feared than loved	34
8030760456	Malaprop	the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar, creating a humorous effect	35
8030760457	Manna	biblical allusion; food that kept Israelites alive, tested and humbled them; assistance, unexpected good fortune	36
8030761785	"Marriage of true minds"	Shakespeare; a love that goes beyond a spiritual connection	37
8030761786	Mercurial	Roman mythology; Roman god Mercury; a person who is liable to sudden, unpredictable change	38
8030762751	Modest Proposal	Jonathon Swift's book about Irish Famine; a satirical work about how the way the saving their country is eating babies	39
8030762752	Muse	greek mythology; someone who inspires creativity	40
8030763616	Narcissism	greek mythology; a person who is very arrogant and vain	41
8030763617	Olympian	greek mythology; majestic, God-like	42
8030765083	"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 actions	43
8030765084	Pandora's box	greek mythology; gift from Zeus to his enemy's brother; a prolific source of troubles	44
8030765979	Pavlovian	Ivan Pavlov's theory; reflexive and unconscious response to a stimulus	45
8030765980	Pericles	great greek leader who developed Athens's culture, democracy, and power during its Golden Age	46
8030766843	Poetic Justice	outcome in which bias is punished and virtue rewarded, usually in an ironically appropriate manner	47
8030767812	"Pound of flesh"	Shakespeare; something that is owed and ruthlessly required to pay back	48
8030767813	Primrose Path	Shakespeare's "Hamlet"; a path of ease, or of least resistance, which probably leads to downfall	49
8030769048	Prodigal Son	biblical allusion; greedy, ungrateful son who returns home and is forgiven; never too late to come back home	50
8030770588	Pyrrhic victory	battle fought by King Pierce; a too costly victory	51
8030772225	Samson & Delilah	biblical allusion; two people who fall in love, but then Delilah betrays Samson; traitorous, voluptuous woman	52
8030773161	Sodom and Gomorrah	biblical allusion; two cities that God destroyed becuase of the illicit sexual sins; punishment of the wicked and rewarding good people	53
8030773162	Solomon	biblical allusion; son of Kind David who later became king; known for his wisdom	54
8030774123	"Sound and Fury"	Shakespeare's "Macbeth"; an uproar of little importance	55
8030775022	Svengali	someone who exercises excessive control or influence over another person	56
8030775023	Tantalize	greek mythology; a man who ate with the Gods, but then insulted them and was cursed to be surrounded by food and drink, but not able to consume it; tease, torment by teasing	57
8030775995	"The best of all possible worlds"	Voltare; satire that is used to represent the benefits of widely different situations	58
8030775996	The phoenix	greek mythology; a long-lived bird that is reborn; represents life and rebirth	59
8030777655	Titanic	greek mythology; titan warriors who were super strong and ruled Olympus; strength and power	60
8030778262	Uncle 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 allegiances	61
8030778263	Valhalla	Norse mythology; a place assigned to people of special honor	62
8030779255	Waterloo	battle between the French and English which ended Napoleon's rule; a defeat that is impossible to recover from	63
8030779256	Yahoo	an imaginary race from "Gulliver's Travels"; a rude or violent person	64