Wheatley also uses her biblical knowledge to show the reader how slavery can change one's life in a positive way. She uses this knowledge to add to the poem with an allusion--a reference to a historical or fictional event or person. Wheatley's allusion is to the Bible story about Cain and Abel. ...

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John, in Brave New World, can be viewed as a modern day Adam or Christ. Adam, set against a world of enormous temptation, or Christ, bent on saving the world. Both analogies can be supported by allusions to John's experiences in Brave New World. John, like Adam, was thrust into a new, unfamiliar e...

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