Allusions

What is an allusion? An illusion is something that appears to be different from what it really is - like a mirage or maybe a trick that a magician might do. An allusion is an indirect or passing reference to something. Wild Grapes is filled with allusions - often not so indirect, and usually in reference to something in the past. See how many of these you know. For those you don't know, take a few minutes to look them up. Then, see how you rate:


How many Wild Grapes Allusions Do You Know?

Novice (0 - 10)
Knowledgeable (11 - 20)
Apprentice (21 - 30)
Advanced (31 - 40)
Expert (41 or more)



Example of 1960's Flower Power Pants:

Classic late 60's Cherry Red Mustang Convertible:

Leopard-skin Pillbox Hat:

Bob Dylan:

Groucho Marx:

Buckskin Boone (Daniel Boone):

Titanic:

Mighty Mouse:

Julius Caesar:

The River Thames:

William Shakespeare:

The Actor Brian Bedford as King Lear:

River Avon - Stratford, Ontario

Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan:

Clark Gable as Rhett Butler and Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind:

Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain:

Amelia Earhart:

Atilla the Hun:

Jolly Green Giant:

Gumby:

Andy Warhol:

James Dean:

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, song by The Beatles:

Abbott and Costello:

The movie Heidi:

Robert Redford in The Great Gatsby:

King Arthur's sword, Excalibur:

Battle of Marathon:

Scene from the movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey:

Buddy Holly:

John F. Kennedy (JFK):

Errol Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood:

Bayeux Tapestry depicting William the Conqueror and his Norman Invasion of 1066:

Buck Rogers:

Clint Eastwood:

Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd:

The Cold War:

Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland in Captain Blood:

Queen Sheba:

James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy:

Hatfields and the McCoys:

Steve McQueen in The Great Escape:

Hannibal and his elephants:

Bonnie and Clyde:

The Band's Music From Big Pink album:

Jesse Owens:

Waterford Crystal:

Scene from the movie, The Shining:

Willie Mays:

Casper the Friendly Ghost:

Oracle at Delphi:

John Wayne:

Annie Oakley:

Marlon Brando:

Winston Churchill:

Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra:

Ian McShane as Disraeli: