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Definition of Allusion
In literature, an allusion is an unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text. Writers commonly allude to other literary works, famous individuals, historical events, or philosophical ideas... read full definition
In literature, an allusion is an unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text. Writers commonly allude to other literary works, famous individuals... read full definition
In literature, an allusion is an unexplained reference to someone or something outside of the text. Writers commonly allude to... read full definition
Chapter 4: A Career Which Soon Careered To An End
Explanation and Analysis—The Fifth Commandment:
In Chapter 4 Franklin employs a powerful, verbally ironic allusion to the Fifth Commandment from the Bible, "Honor thy father and thy mother." This irony becomes evident as Sybylla finds herself compelled to accompany her drunken father home late at night:
Coming home, often after midnight, with my drunken father talking maudlin, conceited nonsense beside me, I developed curious ideas on the fifth commandment.
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