The town portrays good and evil as a dichotomy, white or black. ... " Proctor is suggesting that all present within the town as those present in the court are guilty of equal sin. ... Essentially it encourages our curiosity to investigate as to the fate of Proctor. ... There is an extensive use of allusions throughout the play that emphasizes the justification of persecution by use of religion. Miller mainly uses allusions in a biblical nature, pertaining to the town being heavily religious and puritanical. ...

• Word Count: 1145
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Upon arriving at Thebes, Oedipus solves a riddle from the Sphinx who had been tormenting the town and causing chaos. ... Oedipus is really deceived by his own doing to do good but it's simply an allusion. ... Never did the ancient Greek philosophers believe that in our decade of the 21st century we would still be implementing some of their principles in our form of the "Oedipus Complex". ...

• Word Count: 822
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The persona's inner epiphany of a self destructive society is furthered strengthened through the allusions to "the raft of medusa" which is a painting that alludes to shipwreck survivors that have resorted to cannibalism as they float across the sea. ... This gives the persona of an inner discovery that all change will have consequences, and that the consequences of our materialistic society will ultimately be destruction of our world and ourselves. ... This guilt leads the persona on the unexpected journey of changing his life around which can be perceived through the emotive...

• Word Count: 1144
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate