Question

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 2, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and the information in the paragraph below it.
Excerpt:
ANTONY. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interrèd with their bones.
So let it be with Caesar.
Background information:
"The Evil That Men Do” is the title of a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The lyrics of the chorus say that people’s evil deeds live on.
Iron Maiden’s reference to the line from Shakespeare’s play is an example of
( )cultural allusion.
( )literary allusion.
( )historical allusion.
( )religious allusion.

Answer 1

Answer:

Literary allusion.

Explanation:

An allusion is an implied or direct reference to an event or person. And when we say literary allusion, that means a reference to any literary text or work.

The given lines from Antony's speech after the death of Caesar were used by the heavy metal band. And in using the same phrase as their song's title, Iron Maiden's reference to the line is taken from Shakespeare's play, thus referencing a literary work of Shakespeare.

Thus, the correct answer is a literary allusion.

Answer 2

The kind of allusion that has been displayed by referring to the play of Shakespeare would be:

b). Literary allusion.

• "Allusion" is outlined only as the literary device in which the author proffers a short and implict reference to a significant figure, incident, location, or even text.
• Such references could either be political in nature, historical in aspect, or literary in context.
• In the given excerpt, the reference to the popular work of Shakespeare i.e. his play exemplifies literary allusion as the Maiden's reference implictly reminds the readers of the association between the words employed by Antony and Iron Maiden.

Thus, option b is the correct answer.

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