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TSI Reading: Identifying Literary Allusions 26 Views
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In lines 35–36, the phrase "stood before them with a crucifixion in his face" means that
(A)the sailors wanted to mutiny and kill Captain Ahab
(B)Captain Ahab was on a mission he didn't think he would return from
(C)the narrator believed Captain Ahab would receive the death penalty
(D)Captain Ahab was about to deliver a religious sermon
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Last one on a tab here in lines thirty five
- 00:04
Thirty six The phrase stood before them with a crucifixion
- 00:09
in his face means what That sounds scary Thirty five
- 00:16
thirty six let's Go down to the lines there Here
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it is Not only that but moody stricken a have
Full Transcript
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stood before them with a crucifixion in his face In
- 00:24
all the nameless regal overbearing dignity of some mighty whoa
- 00:30
in woe is probably right on here All right let's
- 00:32
think about this We don't want to get too preachy
- 00:34
here but it's time to do some bible thumping Yeah
- 00:37
Go ahead Get your bible paper ones The old school
- 00:40
ones that work The author is alluding to christian doctrine
- 00:43
about the crucifixion Of who was it Oh yeah Jesus
- 00:47
Well like jesus a have knows that he's entering into
- 00:50
a situation that he might not live through but he
- 00:52
ventures forth anyway He's tough he's committed Yeah like you
- 00:56
know who Well this makes him a heroic figure which
- 00:59
is a famous literary archetype Big literary term for a
- 01:02
type of character Found a lot in literature right hero
- 01:06
with one simple reference The author's able to make a
- 01:08
big connection A habit was on a mission and he
- 01:12
didn't know if you'd return Okay Well loser bowl here
- 01:15
Yes Jesus was betrayed by one of his followers which
- 01:18
is sort of like a mutiny but that's not what's
- 01:20
going on here Jesus also received the death penalty from
- 01:23
a roman judge but eight halves crucifixion isn't quite as
- 01:26
literal at least not yet intent In fact the religious
- 01:30
aspect of line makes it easy to stray from the
- 01:33
authors intended meaning but this is a strictly secular passage
- 01:37
like it's not all about religion It's just about a
- 01:40
have returned from the mission He didn't think he'd returned
- 01:42
From next time you see a military guy or a 00:01:45.088 --> [endTime] navy seal you go buy him a drink
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