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.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre – the novel as a whole tells the story of Bertha Mason, a character in Jane Eyre, but here are the explicit allusions: II.5.2.14; II.6.6.41; III.6.1; III.7.4
- Lord Byron (II.1.2.38)
- Sir Walter Scott (II.1.2.38)
- Thomas de Quincey, Confessions of an Opium Eater (II.1.2.38)
- François de Malherbe, "Consolation à M. du Périer" (II.3.3.19)
- William Shakespeare, Othello (II.3.5.40)
- William Shakespeare, Macbeth (II.7.4)
Biblical References
- Genesis (I.1.2.2; II.6.2.5)
- Matthew (I.2.5.3; II.1.1.32; II.5.2.30)
- Deuteronomy (II.6.2.3)