When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
- The Bible (1.5.1; 1.5.2; 1.5.6; 2.2.21; 3.1.13; 3.7.31; 5.3.4; 5.4.21; 5.5.10; 6.2; 6.3; 7.4; 11.4.26; 12.13.1)
- Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls (8.7.52; 12.6.2; 12.9.3)
- Friedrich Schiller:
- " Eleusinian Festival " (3.3.29)
- "Ode to Joy" (3.3.26; 3.3.29)
- " Resignation " (5.4.21)
- The Robbers (2.6.23; 2.8.29)