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Trickery
Bunsby, Captain Jack trapped into marriage by landlady. [Br. Lit.: Dombey and Son] cheated of bride after lavish wedding preparations. [Span. Lit.: Don Quixote] tricks Samson into revealing secret of his strength. [O.T.: Judges 16:6–21] political chicanery aimed at acquiring votes. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 199] obtained treaty with Joshua under false pretenses. [O.T.: Joshua 9:3–15] outraced Atalanta by tossing golden apples to distract her. [Gk. Myth.: Bulfinch] through guile, obtained blessing intended for Esau. [O.T.: Genesis 27:18–29] dipped in the blood of a kid and shown to Jacob as proof of Joseph’s death. [O.T.: Gen. 37:31-33] substitutes Leah for Rachel on Jacob’s wedding night. [O.T.: Genesis 29:16-26] enables Wotan to overpower Alberich, gain Rhinegold. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Das Rheingold, Westerman, 232] schemes outwit miser; enable young lovers to wed. [Ital. Opera: Donizetti, Don Pasquale, Westerman, 123–124] encouraged son Jacob to deceive father for blessing. [O.T.: Genesis 27:5–17] dupes bachelor employer into marrying her. [Ital. Opera: Pergolesi, La Serva Padrona, Westerman, 61] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Explicitly thematised by this novel then is the recognition of identity as a series of performances, imageries, and sustained trickeries. He gave us a comprehensive analysis of the resentment against what is unachievable for certain persons and groups and how it functions in the violence directed at innocents and in trickeries and blackmails that suffuse terrorism today. With equal ability, this poet also uses humor and irony as he moves forward and backward through generations, addressing religion, class distinctions, government trickeries and lies. |
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