Allusiuons Flashcards
Burning Bush
Exodus - A medium through Which absolute authority speaks
Narcissus
Greek Mythology - Obsessive focus on oneself
Fifteen seconds of fame
Andy Warhol - Everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes at some point in their lives
Skeleton in the closet
Skeleton remains - Something that someone would rather keep hidden
Cassandra
Greek Mythology - When predictions about the future are disregarded
Scheheraze
Arabian Nights Folk Tale - To keep an audience in suspence
Let the cat out of the bag
Midevil times - Something that is unwise and needs to be hidden or not revealed until bad timing
Lots wife/Pillar of salt
Genesis - Disobeys a rule or command
Janus
Roman god - Two faced duality
In media res
Latin for “in the middle” - To be in the middle of something
Magnum Opus
Latin - The greatest work of an artist
A chip on someones shoulder
Young boys would put a chip on their shoulder then dare someone to knock it off - looking for a fight
Loaves and fishes
Gospels - Maraculus abundance but seeming scarcity
Noble Savage
Philosophy - Everyone is born naturally good but is over time corrupted by society