ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -An example of an indirect allusion would be if I said something was like “a dog chasing its tail”. This is because it refers back to a common phrase about someone being caught up in their own thoughts and doing something repetitively until they get frustrated with themselves.

Detailed explanation-2: -allusion, in literature, an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or thing or to a part of another text. Most allusions are based on the assumption that there is a body of knowledge that is shared by the author and the reader and that therefore the reader will understand the author’s referent.

Detailed explanation-3: -An allusion is when we hint at something and expect the other person to understand what we are referencing. For example: Chocolate is his Kryptonite. In the this example, the word “kryptonite” alludes to, or hints at, the hero Superman.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sam is young and hungry for success. The smell of donuts is like kryptonite to me. She showed up looking like Venus. That was always my Achilles’ heel. I wish I could just click my heels and be back home. You’re carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. More items