Symbolism and Allusion

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Abraham offered a prayer of Thanksgiving ina field near his home in Bethsheeba, countinghis blessings- his land, life, children. He toldGod of his delighted son, Isaac.

God summoned an angel and told the angelthat he intended to test the steadfastness ofAbraham by asking him to sacrifice Isaac.


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Abraham was ready to obey, but wasconfused since God had promised that Isaacssons would become a great nation ( withIsaac being sacrificed, this would not be

possible unless God raised him from thedead)


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Abraham goes to the top of a mountain andprepares his son to be killed. Just as he israising his knife to kill him, an angel shoutsto stop him. The angel says that she knows

he loves God more than his son and hasnothing left to prove.


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Relieved, Abraham offered a ram to God andnamed the place which the alter was made

Jehovah-jireh, meaning The Lord willprovide

This showed Abraham that God did not wishfor human sacrifices. Therefore, for years tocome ram and sheep were made as offerings

to God.


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Abraham and Isaac


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The third son of the King of Israel Considered the most beautiful man in the

kingdom

When his sister was raped by their oldestbrother, Amnon, he waited two yrs. And thenhad his servants kill him at a feast held by theKing.

He then fled to his grandfathers house, who wasthe King of Geshur


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In Samuel II, Absalom (Davids son) was killedin battle when Joab thrusted three spears intohis heart while attempting to usurp hisfathers throne.

His father had a monument built. He grieved:O my son Absalom, my son, my son

The term Absalom alludes to paternal grief, and toa lost and faithless son.

Faulkner used the word as a title


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Greek hero of the Trojan War Most important warrior in the Illiad

Most handsome and quickest amongst the

warriors in the Battle of Troy

He was half god, half mortal


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As an infant, his mother, Thetis attempted tomake him mortal by bathing him in the river,Styx, however, his heel was the only part ofhim that didnt get wet, and so it became his

only vulnerable spot.

He was slain by Paris who shot an arrow into

his heel. Achilles heel: refers to a vulnerable part of

ones character or ones weakness


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The king of Mycenae or Argos ( both havebeen recorded)

Commander of the Achaeans in the TrojanWar

Sacrificed his daughter, Iphigenia, during thewar with Troy in order to win the godsapproval

Later murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, forbeing unfaithful


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Daughter of King Oedipusand Jocasta ( they weremother and son)

Antigone attempts to give aproper burial for herbrother, Polynices, who was

a traitor to Creon andtherefore was not to begiven a burial upon hisdeath.

Symbolic of Justice vs. the Law Who wins? God and tradition(respect) or the Law?


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The site of the final battle between God andSatan ( good and evil) Literature: apocalyptic event or time of judgment


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When she was born, her father (Iasion) lefther in the woods to die because she was notthe male he wanted. She was raised by a hunter

Later her father wanted to reclaim her and chooseher husband.


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Atlanta valued her freedom. She had a malefriend that loved her but she did not returnthe affection. ( they were boar hunting pals)

Atlanta said she would only marry a man thatcould outrun her. Her father decided any manthat lost would be killed.


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She was defeated by Hippomenes.Hippomenes went to Aphrodite for help. Hewas given three golden apples to drop duringthe race so that Atlanta would pause to pickthem up and he would win- they were

married

Archetype of speed, strength and trickery


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A titan who rebelled against Zeus

Forced to hold the weight of the world on hisshoulders


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Matthew 15 and Luke 6 Blindness represents a lack of spirituality,

according to the Bible

This quote literally means that one can notlearn the teachings of God from someonethat is not spiritually enlightened.


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Exodus: to get Moses attention Where God told Moses to lead the Israelites

out of Egypt

The bush burns but doesnt burn in the fire

Symbolic of initial reluctance followed bytruth and proof of divinity.


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Matthew 4 :4 : Man shall not live by breadalone, but by every word that comes from themouth of God

Found again in Luke 4:4

Meaning:

Not all of our needs are met by food- faith canprovide spiritual sustenance.


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Brother in Genesis- sons of Adam and Eve Cain became jealous when God did not accept

his offering but accepted Abels so hedecided to murder his brother out of

jealousy.

Archetype for: Innocent blood/ brother v.sbrother


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Matthew 19:24 Mark 10: 25

Luke 18: 25

Easier for a camel to pass through the eye ofa needle than for a rich man to get to heaven


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The daughter of Priam, king of Troy Possessed the gift of prophecy but was fated

by Apollo top never be believed: When she was a young girl,she spent the night at

the temple of Thymbraean Apollo with her twinbrother, Helenus.

When their parents looked on them the nextmorning they were entwined with serpents, which

flicked their tongues into the childrens ears


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When she had grown up, she spend the nightat Apollos temple again but he tried to forcehimself upon her.

She refused his advances and he cursed herso that no one would believe her ( althoughthey would be true

She represents an accurate but unheeded

prophet of doom.


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John 8:7 A woman caught in adultery was to be

publicly stoned

But Jesus said: He that is without sin amongyou, let him first cast a stone at her

Meaning: warning against hypocrisy


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Ecclesiastes 11: 1-6 Share your wealth with those who need it and

it shall be returned to you.


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Acts 22: 6-11 Saul, Roman citizen, persecuted Christian

believers

On his way to Damascus, he was blinded bya light from heaven and heard the words ofGod

3 days later, he accepted baptism. He is

known as St. Paul- major figure in earlyChristian church


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The death of Christ on the cross Sacrifice that redeemed fallen humankind


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Daedalus-great architect Icarus- son of Daedalus

They were imprisoned due to creating thelabrinth that held captive the Minotaur ofCrete

They designed wings of wax and feathers thatwould allow them to escape.


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Warned not to fly too high, Icarus went toclose to the sun god Apollo- wax on hiswings melted, and he died

Symbolic of danger to enter the realm ofgods James Joyce uses the character in A Portrait of the

Artist that dared to question the strict teachings

of his catholic upbringing


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The story is based on a legend about theSyracusan tyrant Dionysius II and the fawningDamocles, who called Dionysius the mostfortunate person ever. Dionysius offered him

the opportunity to try out his lucky life, andDamocles readily agreed. Amid all the goldand luxuries that Damocles could enjoy, therewas a sharp sword hanging from a slenderthread (and in imminent danger of dropping)above Damocles' head. Damocles quicklywished to go back to his less fortunate life.
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This is a symbol of impending peril.

Modern: impending disaster


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two inseparable friends Would lay down their lives for each other

Symbolize lasting friendship


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Biblical hero Cast into the lions den to punish him for

fidelity to God

He was delivered divinely

Representative of extreme bravery andunwavering faith

Also interpreted Nebuchadnezzars dream


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adulterous relationship with Bathsheba Bathsheba became pregnant, David sent her

husbands, Uriah, into battle where he waskilled.

They married

The child of their affair died, but Bathshebalater gave birth to Solomon


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The battle and victory became symbolic ofthe just defeating the unjust, despite thelatters superior strength.

Modern Example: Jack and the Beanstalk


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God of wine, revelry, power of nature,fertility, emotional ecstasy

Representative of the creative-intuitiveprinciple


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Biblical parable explaining the time ofjudgment, when the faithful ( saved) would beseparated from the unfaithful


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Leviticus Exacting specific and equal punishment

Revised in Matthew


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RevelationJohn prophesies the end of the world.

Uses a metaphor of four enormously powerfulhorsemen as the ultimate destructive forcesof : War

Death

Plague

Famine

Symbolic of powerful destructive forces


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Outside of Jerusalem where the agony andbetrayal of Jesus took place

Symbolic: a great physical or psychologicalsuffering


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Despite the long-standing mutual hatredbetween Jews and Samaritans- a Samaritanstopped to help a Jew who had been waylaidby thieves

Prototype for the good neighbor

Helping a stranger in need


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Chalice ( cup) that caught the blood fromChrists side and which he had used at theLast Supper

Holy Grail brings health and sustenance tothose who hold it and may found only by thepure of heart


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Proverbs Treat your enemy with kindness. It will sting

as though the person had heaps of coal onhim

Be kind to your enemy


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King of Jews who ruled Judea at the time ofJesus birth

Ordered massacre of male children inBethlehem born within a year of Christs birth


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Christ assured Peter that his fathers house(heaven) has room for all who believe


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Eldest child of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra Sacrificed by her father in exchange for a

guarantee of fair winds for the Greek fleet onits way to Troy


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His son was the recipient of the promise orcovenant with God


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12 sons were the founders of the 12 tribes ofIsrael


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Twin sons of Isaac and Rebekah. Esau- stronger than his brother

Jacob- more clever

Esau sold Jacob his birthright in a moment ofweakness

Jacob received his fathers blessing, originallymeant for Esau

Politics of borthright


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Dream of a ladder from Earth to heaven Symbolic of the path to God and to heaven


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Judges Fathers sacrifice to keep a vow for victory

over the Ammonites

Daughter is the model Christian who died to

protect


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Kings Phoenician princess who married Ahab and

urged him to sin

Became enemy of Elijah

Revelation

Jezebel is the name of the false prophet

Refers to a seductive woman who leads thehero astray


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Prepared his cousin Jesus as Messiah Beheaded by Herod at request of Salome


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