Question

(pls help) Explain the differences in cultural allusion, literary allusion, historical allusion, and religious allusion.

Answer 1

Cultural allusion:

• A brief and indirect allusion to a person, place, thing, or idea. Those being referred to are not specified by name or any other identifying information.

Literary allusion:

• Definitional allusions in literature, poems, and fairy stories

Historical allusion:

• A Glance to the Past: Defined by their associations with past places, people, and events

Religious Allusions:

• Scriptural, mythological, and religious allusions