| Moses | Huck a Moses figure, leading Jim to safety |
| Don Quijote | man who lives in alternate reality, making it up in his mind Tom Sawyer the dreamer or don quijote, Huck his assistant Sancho who goes a long, but also a realist, lies when it suits him |
| Adam | the first man- must work by sweat of brow |
| Cain | first murderer given mark (dark skin) racist implications- raising Cain |
| Emancipation Proclamation | freed slaves in the South |
| Jim Crow laws | and minstrel shows-separate but equal |
| Temperance Movement | ban alcohol |
| christopher columbus | Huck wants to be an explorer on the steam boat- Huck discovering his own new world |
| Abolitionist | those who wanted slaves free |
| Jacob and Essau | Jim taling about who gets to be rightful heir- hairy chest- rich |
| Sir Walter Scott | Romantic writer Mark Twain hated |
| King Solomon | son of David, wise king |
| Henry VIII | beheaded wives |
| Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette | King and Queen of France. the excesses of the throne |
| Dauphin | Nobody knows, imposters (like king) in America |
| Fugitive Slave Act | stop runaway slaves |
| Pilgrim’s Progress | Christian Allegory- trying to find heaven, characters have names of traits. |
| Henry Clay | pushed for expansion |
| George Washington | and Lafayette |
| Declaration of Independence | Huck gets it mixed up saying it was Henry VIII |
| William Shakespeare | lots of parodies to his plays such as the king and the dukes, but considered a low down act. |
| Romeo and Juliet | famous William Shakespeare play |
| Richard III | kings bad- |
| Hamlet | Hamlet moral dilemma, wants to avenge father’s death, but does not want to have uncle’s blood on his hands. Huck doesn’t know what to do about Jim because helping an escaped slave. |
| Brazen Serpent | When Moses lifts his staff, if the people will look upon it with faith they will survive- Temperance movement |
| Macbeth | murdering someone in th house |
| Ku Klux Klan | lynchings, racist movement, Colonel Shepardson |
| Thousand and One Nights | told 1001 stories to prevent from getting killed |
| Boston Tea PArty | attributed to Henry VIII |
| King Lear | 3 daughters, divide kingdom based on how much praise him- first 2 praise him a lot, get kingdom, kick him out, 3rd really does love him, finds him |
| the muses | goddess inspiring learning and the arts |
| Methuselah | oldest man in old testament |
| Judas | betrays Christ. Huck betraying the widow |
| Pluribus-unum | out of many, one. Pluribus unum mumps- democracy/diversity=strength |
| David and Goliath | Huck and man dragging him to coffin |
| Act 17: | all one tribe, act saying: God created all, we are all equal. |
Huck Finn Allusions
June 5, 2020