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

literary allusion.

Reason: The band is directly referencing a line from Shakespeare's play — a work of literature — so it's an allusion to a literary source.