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The song lyrics of Wrapped Around Your Finger includes allusions to:

a. battles fought in Vietnam

b. Greek mythology and literary characters

c. modern politicians

d. love poems

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User Dcsuka
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D. Love poems is the answer
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User Terje Mikal
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The appropriate answer would be: B) Greek mythology and literary characters.

The song "Wrapped Around Your Finger", by The Police, mentions the mythological characters Scylla and Charybdis, two deadly monsters mentioned in the Odyssey. Another character mentioned is Mephistopheles, a literary representation of the Devil in Faust, by Goethe. As we can see in the following lines:

You consider me the young apprentice

Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis

Hypnotized by you if I should linger

Staring at the ring around your finger

...

Mephistopheles is not your name

I know what you're up to just the same

I will listen hard to your tuition

The expression "caught between the Scylla and Charybdis" means a person has to choose between two evils, meaning they are in a dilemma.

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User Sihat Afnan
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