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Literary Devices
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 9
Explanation and Analysis—The Library's Collections:
In Chapter 9, Tom and Irene discuss all of the books that the Laphams plan to fill their new library with, gushing about books for pages in the text, such as here, when Irene alludes to her favorite Shakespeare plays:
“I used to be perfectly crazy about his plays. Don’t you think Hamlet is splendid? We had ever so much about Shakespeare. Weren’t you perfectly astonished when you found out how many other plays of his there were? I always thought there was nothing but Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth and Richard III and King Lear, and that one Robeson and Crane have—oh yes! Comedy of Errors.”
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