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
A: cultural allusion.
B: literary allusion.
C: historical allusion.
D: religious allusion.
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
A: cultural allusion.
B: literary allusion.
C: historical allusion.
D: religious allusion.
Answers
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The reference to the line from Shakespeare's play "The evil that men do lives after them" in Iron Maiden's song is an example of:
**B: literary allusion.**
This is because it references a well-known literary work (Shakespeare's play) within another piece of literature (the song).
**B: literary allusion.**
This is because it references a well-known literary work (Shakespeare's play) within another piece of literature (the song).