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The character V from Devil May Cry 5 often quotes poetry by William Blake, namely the opening stanza of Auguries of Innocence being read out loud by the character, and references to The Tyger seen within his poetry book. Furthermore, the game’s primary antagonist, “Urizen, ‘the Demon King’”, a godlike being embodying absolute power ...
Some works in the genre use pop culture references to elicit nostalgia among its consumers, while other examples have the whole setting and universe themselves built upon and revolves around pop cultural references. [2] [4] Pop culture fiction doesn't just reference one or two titles, but works under this genre reference several titles across ...
South Park episode "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs" (2010) makes particular reference to The Catcher in the Rye and shows that its once-controversial use of vocabulary has no impact among young readers nowadays, and pokes fun at literary critics reading deeper meaning into books. It also references its connection towards the series of high ...
Halsey's "Hold Me Down" (from the album Badlands, 2016) makes a number of sexualized Faustian allusions; Iron Mask's "Doctor Faust" (from the album Diabolica, 2016) Faust is the stage name of black metal musician Bård Eithun. Faust, a German Krautrock band; Ghost's "Call Me Little Sunshine" (From the album Imperia, 2022). Mephistophles is the ...
Many writers make references to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous literary creation, the detective Sherlock Holmes, [1] and these often become embedded within popular culture. While Holmes exists predominantly in the context of Victorian-era London, he has been mentioned in such outre contexts as the 22nd century [ 2 ] or hunting aliens or ...
It makes references to the original novel, such as "I beg you, please don’t throw the apples at me", a reference to Mr. Samsa throwing apples at Gregor and wounding him. Ghanaian-Australian singer Genesis Owusu references Gregor Samsa in his 2023 song The Roach with the lyric "Feeling like Gregor Samsa, A bug in the cog of a grey-walled cancer".
Allusion differs from the similar term intertextuality in that it is an intentional effort on the author's part. [8] The success of an allusion depends in part on at least some of its audience "getting" it. Allusions may be made increasingly obscure, until at last they are understood by the author alone, who thereby retreats into a private ...
In the book's opening letters from Robert Walton to his sister, specifically Letter II, Walton explicitly mentions the poem by name and claims he "shall kill no albatross" on his journey. Edgar Allan Poe 's only complete novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket , is inspired by The Rime of the Ancient Mariner .