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Writer’s Notebook
Think of a book, song, movie or TV
show you have seen recently,
where they made reference to
another book, song, movie or
show. List the work’s title and the
title of what’s referenced, then
explain the reason for the
reference and what it added to the
scene, story, theme, etc.
Half-Page Minimum
Allusion
A reference in a work of literature
to a person, place, or event from
history or to music, art, mythology,
or another work of literature that
the writer expects the reader to
understand.
Your Mission:
Find the allusions in
the clip from V for Vendetta
Some of the allusions in V for
Vendetta
The Count of Monte Cristo
Guy Fawkes
“Pride (In the Name of Love)” by U2
Find the allusions in Verses 2 and 3:
One man caught on
a barbed wire
fence.
One man he resist.
One man washed on
an empty beach.
One man betrayed
with a kiss.
Early morning, April
4,
Shot rings out in the
Memphis sky.
Free at last, they
took your life.
They could not take
your pride.
CHORUS: In the
name of love,
What more in the
name of love?
CHORUS: In the
name of love,
What more in the
name of love?
What are some allusions in
“Pride”?
“One man betrayed with a kiss”
alludes to Jesus being betrayed by
Judas.
The shooting in Memphis on April 4
alludes to the assassination of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Free at last” alludes to the “I Have a
Dream” speech by MLK, Jr.