Allusiuons Flashcards

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Burning Bush

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Exodus - A medium through Which absolute authority speaks

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Narcissus

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Greek Mythology - Obsessive focus on oneself

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Fifteen seconds of fame

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Andy Warhol - Everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes at some point in their lives

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Skeleton in the closet

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Skeleton remains - Something that someone would rather keep hidden

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Cassandra

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Greek Mythology - When predictions about the future are disregarded

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Scheheraze

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Arabian Nights Folk Tale - To keep an audience in suspence

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Let the cat out of the bag

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Midevil times - Something that is unwise and needs to be hidden or not revealed until bad timing

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Lots wife/Pillar of salt

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Genesis - Disobeys a rule or command

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9
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Janus

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Roman god - Two faced duality

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10
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In media res

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Latin for “in the middle” - To be in the middle of something

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11
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Magnum Opus

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Latin - The greatest work of an artist

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A chip on someones shoulder

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Young boys would put a chip on their shoulder then dare someone to knock it off - looking for a fight

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Loaves and fishes

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Gospels - Maraculus abundance but seeming scarcity

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Noble Savage

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Philosophy - Everyone is born naturally good but is over time corrupted by society

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