Allusions In Buffy The Vampire Slayer

In the novel, “The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton” allusions played a big part in the book. An example of this is when Ponyboy, Johnny, and Dally and go to Dairy Queen and engorged themselves in barbeque and banana splits. “We stopped at a Dairy Queen and the first thing I got was a Pepsi. Johnny and I gorged on barbeque sandwiches and banana splits,” (Hinton 83). The reason the Author used Dairy Queen as an allusion is because Dairy Queen is a well known restaurant and it came out in the 1940s, so it was a still kinda new thing and very popular to go to.

Some movies have strong connections to famous books, epics, or myths. Often times, there will be many strong allusions to different epics, but there will be few weak allusions. In Joel and Ethan Coen's O’Brother Where Art Thou, The movie has strong allusion with the plot, hero qualities, and the minor characters of The Odyssey,

While Moses is up at the Mountain of Sinai receiving the 10 Commandments from God, the people began to become worried. They urged Aaron, their temporary leader, to make an idol because they believed that Moses had either died or left them. As a result, Aaron melted their gold earrings and created a golden calf, which the people began to worship. The Lord of the Flies by George Orwell alludes to the story of the Golden Calf, where the pig’s head served as the “golden-calf”. The pig’s head symbolizes the root of evil and corruption in humanity; sin.

Barnard’s Inn (shared with Herbert): When Pip arrives at his new bungalow, Barnard's Inn, he's shocked by how dark, dirty, and rundown the place is Mr. Wemmick assumes Pip's shock is happiness at finding an inn that resembles the country life. In the film this is where Herbert appears for the first time as an adult, and he has to force the door to enter, a point of humor.

Henry Ford served as the inventor for the assembly line. He believed that the idea of independently manufacturing products was too inefficient and cultivated the idea to move the product instead of the people building it. Ford also pioneered technological research in developing products. Ford served as the turning point for technology; introducing and utilizing break-through ideas. Not only did he change how automobiles were manufactured, he changed the way people thought about technology. He made new technologies readily accessible and set the standard for the 20th century. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Huxley makes Ford the center-point for why the new society was created, the old one was un-happy and inefficient. Replacing God

Throughout the novel, Jim Burden, the narrator, makes numerous references to various texts, plays, and other literary works. Such allusions help to bring understanding to the book and add a sense of detail to the overall meaning. In this passage, the literary device of allusion is employed again, this time to the text “Georgics” by Virgil. This text explores the lifestyle, practices, and meaning of rural life and agriculture. This connects primarily to Jim as he and Ántonia were raised on farms. By connecting the book to this reference allows the reader to gain a broader and more enlightened comprehension of the novel. Both of these texts are quite similar with copious parallels that all help to depict the life of growing up in the country.

In the midst of immorality, God always provides a solution. Although the world has been close to complete immorality in the past, morality has never ceased to exist. The world in The Road by Cormac McCarthy is very close to amorality, but God shows that he is working through the man and boy. McCarthy uses two Biblical allusions to Israel to create two themes for the reader. The first is an allusion of the man and boy’s journey to the exodus of Israel out of Egypt. This allusion shows that the man and boy are God’s chosen people in their amoral world. The second allusion is the boy to the Messiah of Israel and the rest of the world, Jesus. The allusions to Jesus show the reader that God has a plan of hope for the world through the boy. Both of these allusions show that not only is the world not “godless”, but God is actively working.

Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon epic that was transmitted verbally for hundreds of years before it was written down. Around the time of its composition, Christianity was beginning to gain prominence in England and was quickly replacing the animistic religion of the Celts. As a result of the dueling religions of the time, the poem includes influences from both Christianity and paganism, leaving its readers to wonder which religion had the most sway over the poet. Beowulf is a fundamentally more Christian epic on account of Beowulf’s resemblances of Jesus Christ, its allusions to the Bible, and its intimation of a supreme, monotheistic religion.

In the epic poem Beowulf, the struggle between good and evil reveals its omnipresence in even the oldest of tales. The many allusions and symbols throughout the story relate to Christianity and other Pagan beliefs. By looking at them, it becomes apparent that the author of Beowulf believed that the constant war between good and evil is not only fought by the common man but also in the ranks of their highest esteemed rulers and warriors, and even in their dreaded nightmares where monsters lurk and wait for the death of man. Beowulf was written during the budding of Christianity in England, when it was newly forming. In the story there are obvious references to Christian rituals.

In the first three series of the show taking place in Sunnydale High, Giles's lair is the library. After Buffy enrols in university, Giles's bachelor flat becomes the de-facto library of the Scooby Gang. His bookishness defines him and gives him his role among the cast of protagonists. In 'Primeval' (4.21), Giles's contribution to the group's attack against Adam is his intelligence, 'Sophus', his mind. Giles is the brain of the group, Buffy the hand that strikes. Similarly, Van Helsing in Dracula intervenes in the novel when the young characters need someone with access to occult lore to explain Lucy's ailment. His knowledge defines him too: Jack Seward refers to him for the first time as 'Professor Van Helsing, of Amsterdam, who knows as much about obscure diseases as anyone in the world' (Dracula, 111), and alter as 'Van Helsing, the great specialist' (Dracula, 117).

As proclaimed by Shmoop editors, “When authors refer to other great works, people, and events. It’s usually not accidental” (Shmoop Editorial Team). In the story Brave New World by Aldous Huxley there is a profuse amount of allusions throughout the entirety of the novel. There are three main forms of allusion that is superior to the rest. Huxley uses literary, Native American, and religious allusions throughout the whole of the novel. These three forms of allusion help tie the story together by bringing into view how different the two societies are within the story.

Buffy Summers is a princess- not the typical ball gown and magical princess though. She is a princess for a few reasons other than being related to royalty. In the show, Giles tells the gang the only way to kill the monsters is a scream, later Buffy screams just like how in the story the princess screams. When she screams she remembers how Mr. Giles was telling the story of how the princess screamed and killed the monsters. The monsters hate noise which is why they take the voices of others and die

Buffy having a healthy long-term relationship with either one would require a lot of work and "soul searching" on everyone's part. Buffy would need to resist idealizing Angel, and she has dark moments in her past with both men to confront and deal with before having a completely healthy relationship with

Buffy and Riley like each other but there unable to communicate their feelings because of language. they believe that they need to lie to each other about their nightly duties. When they lose their voices, they’re are no barriers that stop buffy and riley feelings of each other and they are able to kiss. Similar to Buffy and Riley situation, when their voices are gone Xander finally expresses his real feelings Anya. When he think she dies because of the vampire biting her, he hugs her tight like he wouldn’t know what he would do without her.

Allusions can be found in nearly every work of literature and art due to the influence they have in creating a universal understanding. Biblical and mythological references are the most common allusions because they are regarded as primary sources for the basis of human reason. William Shakespeare alludes to both religion and mythology in Hamlet in order to emphasize the importance and failure of religion and to reveal the nature and psychological complexes of characters.