Paethon Allusion

A literary device that was commonly used in both books was allusion. As I was reading both books I would find myself reading references the author has made. In A room with a view they make many allusions relating to art, music, literature, etc. Chapter 6 starts with a reference to Greek mythology. The chapter starts by saying, " It was Phaethon who drove them to Fiesole that memorable day, a youth all irresponsibility and fire, recklessly urging his master 's horses up the stony hill. Mr. Beebe recognized him at once. Neither the Ages of Faith nor the Age of Doubt had touched him; he was Phaethon in Tuscany driving a cab." Phaeton was the sun of Helios. Helios hesitantly permitted Phateon drive the chariot of the sun. Since Phaeton didn 't have the skill needed to drive the chariot, he lost control and caught the plains of Africa to fire and turned into a desert so he was struck down by Zeus. E. M. Forster was most likely implying that the man who was driving Mr. Beebe, Charlotte, Lucy and the other

In the Curious Incident of Dog at Midnight, the book makes an allusion to Sherlock Holmes multiple times. "I like Sherlock Holmes,but I do not like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was the AUthor of Sherlock Holmes." "SHerlock Holmnes had, in a very remarkable degree, the power of detaching his mindn at will." Sherlock Holmes is mentioned often throughout the whole book. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional character. The main character of this book, Christopher, looks up to him because he is a detective and throughout the whole book Christopher tries to solve a mystery. He will often look up to Sherlock Holmes for inspiration to help him solve the mystery of who killed the dog.

Another allusion found in this book is when Christopher mentioned the book, "The HOund of the BAskervilles." In the beginning of the book, Christopher writes, "She said it was usually the people who were killed in murder mystery novels. I said that two dogs were killed in The Hound of