LITERARY ALLUSIONS

A Literary Allusion is an indirect reference to another literary work, or a famous person.

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie

Literary Allusions in Chapter 13

“On the Naming of Cats”By: T.S. Eliot

When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES

When you notice a cat in profound meditation, The reason, I tell you, is always the same:His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplationOf the thought, of the thought, of the thought

of his name:His ineffable effableEffanineeffableDeep and inscrutable singular Name.

“Kubla Khan” By: Coleridge

In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure-dome decree:Where Alph, the sacred river, ranThrough caverns measureless to manDown to a sunless sea.

Byron

“She walks in beauty, like the night.”

Additional Allusions

Willy Wonka

WONKA: Is it my soul that calls upon my name?

from Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare Act II, Scene 2

ROMEOIt is my soul that calls upon my name:How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night,Like softest music to attending ears!

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WONKA: A small step for mankind, but a giant step for us.

Neil Armstrong [1930]One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

Creating Allusions to Literature

High school is a time of transition for students. As freshmen, many students become overwhelmed with the work load required by classes and the opportunities to become involved in extra-curricular activities. As a result, they may become overburdened sleeping freshmen who never lie.

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