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Allusion Hunts: The Pilgrim's Progress Underneath — Homework
Reread the "Meg Goes to Vanity Fair" chapter opening before answering.
- 1.Define allusion in one sentence.
- 2.Explain what the chapter title "Meg Goes to Vanity Fair" tells a knowing reader before Meg's party even starts.
- 3.Why would Alcott expect her original 1868 readers to recognize The Pilgrim's Progress without explanation?
- 4.Find one allusion in a movie, show, or song title you know, and explain in a few sentences what it borrows.
- 5.Name the two Pilgrim's Progress elements Alcott borrows that were discussed this week.
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