AP Literature - Allusions List 2 Flashcards

14913179354	Golden Calf	an image of gold in the shape of a calf, made by Aaron in response to the Israelites' plea for a god while they awaited for Moses' return.	0
14913184182	Hobbitlike	resembling or befitting a hobbit.	1
14913188451	Holden Caulfield	the protagonist and narrator of the story	2
14913191476	" It's Greek to Me"	This expression was coined by Shakespeare, who used it literally in Julius Caesar	3
14913191477	Judas	Apostle who betrayed Jesus	4
14913197870	Kafkaesque	characteristic or reminiscent of the oppressive or nightmarish qualities of Franz Kafka's fictional world.	5
14913202921	Land of Lilliput	This is a fictional land in the story "Gulliver's Travels"	6
14913207550	Little Black Sambo	a children's book written by Helen Bannerman in 1899; the story of a little boy who has to sacrifice his clothes to tigers, but ends up outwitting them; the story has been considered controversial because of the word "Sambo," which has become a racial slur in America.	7
14913207551	Lucifer	Satan	8
14913210954	Manna from heaven	An unexpected benefit or assistance especially when it comes at the time when it is needed most.	9
14913215102	Mephistophelean	devilish or crafty	10
14913218565	Muse	a person or personified force who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist - each of the nine goddesses, the daughter Zeus and Mnemosyne preside over the art and sciences.	11
14913218566	Oedipus complex	according to Freud, a boy's sexual desires toward his mother and feelings of jealousy and hatred for the rival father	12
14913224403	Orwellian	characteristic of the writings of George Orwell, especially with reference to his dystopian account of a future totalitarian state in Nineteen Eighty-Four	13
14916791023	Pandora's Box	a process that generates many complicated problems as the result of unwise interference in something	14
14916791024	Panglossian	marked by the view that all is for the best in this best of possible worlds : excessively optimistic	15
14916796148	pound of flesh	insistence on being repaid	16
14916800281	Procrustes	In Greek mythology, he was a thief of Attica who placed anyone he captured on an iron bed. If the person was too tall he cut off whatever hung over; it too short, he stretched the person until he fit. "Procrustean bed" connotes a rigid standard to which exact conformity is enforced	17
14916813259	Carpe diem	used to urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future.	18
14916822325	Big Brother	a person or organization exercising total control over people's lives.	19