Allusions 61-75

Causes his or her downfall

• Nemesis

• Pyrrhic Victory

• Faust

• Murphy's Law

Winner's victory comes at such a great expense, scarcely better than losing.

• Pyrrhic Victory

• Delphic Oracle

• Doublespeak

• Quixotic

Initially shows great promise, fails to meet expectations.

• Flash in the Pan

• Over a Barrel

• Benedict Arnold

• Medusa

A person who is blamed or punished for someone else's misdeeds

• Scapegoat

• Benedict Arnold

• Shibboleth

• Philistines

Foolishly or impractically idealistic, naive attempt to be heroic

• Don Quixote

• Nemesis

• Over a Barrel

• Doublespeak

A traitor

• Benedict Arnold

• Flash in the Pan

• Over a Barrel

• Pyrrhic Victory

Ambiguous and difficult to interpret.

• Delphic Oracle

• Scapegoat

• Faust

• Hoist with one's own petard

Unable to act independently, must do the bidding

• Over a Barrel

• Medusa

• Nemesis

• Benedict Arnold

Slogan or catchword used by, or associated with, a particular party, group, or sect.

• Shibboleth

• Delphic Oracle

• Doublespeak

• Hoist with one's own petard

Deliberate use of evasive or ambiguous language

• Doublespeak

• Don Quixote

• Murphy's Law

• Pyrrhic Victory