1. Charon river styx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_(mythology)

2. Waste land ( T.S Eliot )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waste_Land

3. bartleby the scrivener

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartleby,_the_Scrivener

4. Aphrodite(Venus) myrtle tree

5. situation comedy = sitcom

A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, with often humorous dialogue. Such programs originated in radio, but today, sitcoms are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms.

6. Prometheus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus

7. Epimetheus ( brother of Prometheus )

Epimetheus is depicted as foolish.