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Solomon- allusion meaning

often used to imply someone is wise, insightful, or rich.

Solomon- background

Traditionally the wisest and grandest of the kings of Israel, the son of David and

Bathsheba.

When asked by Jehovah what he most wanted, he responded "an understanding

heart"

The story of the two women who both claimed to be the mother of the same baby

remains as the model of the "Solomon-like" decisions. He decreed that the baby be

cut in half to give each woman her "just" due. The false mother agreed, but the true

mother was willing to give up her claim so the baby would live. He returned the baby

to the true mother

Solicitous- vocab

characterized by or showing interest or concern.

Styx- Allusion Meaning

evoke themes of death or the afterlife

Styx- Background

In Greek mythology, it is the river that separates the

land of the living from the underworld, and by which

the gods swore their most solemn oaths. Souls of the

dead were ferried across the Styx by Charon, a

ferryman, to reach the Underworld.

Albeit-vocab

means although

ajax- allusion meaning

In Greek mythology, it is the river that separates the

land of the living from the underworld, and by which

the gods swore their most solemn oaths. Souls of the

dead were ferried across the Styx by Charon, a

ferryman, to reach the Underworld.

ajax- background

One of the bravest of the Greek warriors in Homer’s Iliad, the

story of the Greek and Trojan wars. Renowned for his brute

strength and physical prowess, but lacking in cunning or

strategic thinking and considered dull-witted

bereft- vocab

deprived of, lacking

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde- allusion meaning

a character with two dueling personalities, which can have either personality come out rather quickly

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde- background

From Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"

Dr. Jekyll discovers a drug that allows him to have a separate personality, Mr. Hyde, through which he can express the evil side of his personality.

impugn- vocab

dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question