Biblical Allusion / Musical Source

Baalzebub
Original Source
In the second book of Kings in the bible, the King of Judah, Ahaziah, is injured and
request that his men inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron (which translate in Hebrew to the
Lord of the Flies) to learn whether he will survive this injury. Elijah, a prophet of God,
prophesies that Ahaziah will die. Elijah sends the information to Ahaziah telling him he has no
need to inquire of Baalzbub when the Lord has already declared his fate. When Ahaziah hears
this he sends men thrice to kill Elijah. The first two groups are killed by the Lord and the third
begs for mercy. Elijah informs Ahaziah that it is in part that he inquired of Baalzebub and not
the Lord that he will die (which he does shortly after).
Primary Source Citation
Biblical
Example from Secondary Source
The Lord of the Flies (Title)
and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned. At last Simon gave
up and looked back; saw the white teeth and dim eyes, the bloodand his gaze was held by that
ancient, inescapable recognition.
Secondary Source Citation
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Coward-McCann, 1962. Print.

Insight
William Goldings novel is about a group of boys who get abandoned on an island with
no hopes of escaping in the immediate future. Right away the boys band together but as the
novel progresses they split into two groups, those wishing to remain more civilized and those
who ultimately wish to savages. Eventually, only one person remains with the civilized group
when a military boat arrives to rescue them. The man quickly notices the savagery in the boys
but fails to see it in his people who are at war.
The title takes from the biblical reference, who many say Baalzebub (or more commonly
Beelzebub) is the devil or the prince of the devil, to show that the boys have come to no morale
code after killing several other boys in their carelessness and savagery. On top of that there is a
beast (with similar descriptions of a demon) addressed as the Lord of the Flies. Knowing this
helps the reader better understand the authors motives in such an obscure title.

Literary Allusion/ Musical Source

Mordor and Gollum
Original Source
J.R.R.Tolkiens series the Lord of the Rings (along with its prequel The Hobbit) follow
the events associated with a ring with immense power. This ring was forged deep within the
fires of Mount Doom at the heart of Mordor by the dark lord Sauron, who uses the ring to
ultimately destroy everybody. Eventually Sauron loses the ring in battle and through a series of
events it gets to a hobbit named Smeagol after he kills his brother over it.

Mine's a tale that can't be told, my freedom I hold dear.

How years ago in days of old, when magic filled the air.
T'was in the darkest depths of Mordor, I met a girl so fair.
But Gollum, and the evil one crept up and slipped away with her, her, her....yeah.