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.
Biblical References
- Laban, Genesis 30.31 (1.1.291)
- Samson, Judges 15.4 (3.3.37)
- Deuteronomy 28.23 (4.2.25)
Literary and Philosophical References
- Pliny (1.1.116)
- Michelangelo (3.3.51)
- The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, Sir Philip Sidney (4.1.5, 12, 81, 89) (4.2.31) (5.2.130, 168, 170, 188, 211) (5.5.99, 117)
- The White Devil, John Webster (4.2.136)
- Essayes, Montaigne (4.2.201) (5.3.9) (5.5.74)
- Seneca (4.2.209)
- Odes 1.22 Horace (5.5.119)
Historical References
- Galileo (2.4.17)
- Portia, wife of Brutus (4.1.70)
- Paracelsus (4.2.25)
Classical References
- The Trojan horse (1.1.139)
- Vulcan (1.1.307)
- Zeus and Danaë (2.2.19)
- Daphne (3.2.24)
- Paris (3.2.35)
- Charon and Styx (3.5.106-7)