What follows is a list of literary allusions appearing in L.M. Montgomery’s novel The Blue Castle, first published in 1926.
{ 1 } { 2 } { 3 } { 4 } { 5 } { 6 } { 7 } { 8 } { 9 } { 10 } { 11 } { 12 } { 13 } { 14 } { 15 } { 16 } { 17 } { 18 } { 19 } { 20 } { 21 } { 22 } { 23 } { 24 } { 25 } { 26 } { 27 } { 28 } { 29 } { 30 } { 31 } { 32 } { 33 } { 34 } { 35 } { 36 } { 37 } { 38 } { 39 } { 40 } { 41 } { 42 } { 43 } { 44 } { 45 }
1
Its ghost appeared Banquo-like William Shakespeare, Macbeth (1623 play), act 3, scene 4, line 42: “Enter the Ghost of Banquo, and sits in Macbeth’s place.”
Thank whatever gods there were for that Algernon Charles Swinburne, “The Garden of Proserpine” (1866 poem), lines 83–84: “We thank with brief thanksgiving / Whatever gods there be.”
2
There are no literary allusions in this chapter.
3
There are no literary allusions in this chapter.
4
There are no literary allusions in this chapter.
5
There are no literary allusions in this chapter.
6
and so, as Mr. Pepys would say, to bed Signature phrase in the diary of Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), which he kept from 1660 to 1669.
7
There are no literary allusions in this chapter.
8
“To him that hath shall be given and from him that hath not shall be taken even that which he hath.” Bible, Matthew 25:29 (KJV): “For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.”
‘Despair is a free man—hope is a slave’ Proverb attributed to ʿAlī, Muslim caliph and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad: “Despair is a freeman, Hope is a slave.”
9
it is sharper than a serpent’s tooth to have a thankless child William Shakespeare, King Lear (1608 play), act 1, scene 4, line 302: “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is / To have a thankless child.”
10
even if they were, in Milton’s expressive phrase, “stupidly good” John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667 epic poem), book 9, line 465: “That space the Evil one abstracted stood / From his own evil, and for the time remain’d / Stupidly good.”
11
the dinner in its earlier stages was dragging its slow length along Alexander Pope, “An Essay on Criticism” (1711 poem), lines 356–57: “A needless Alexandrine ends the song / That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.”
He rashly rushed in where Mrs. Frederick feared to tread Alexander Pope, “An Essay on Criticism” (1711 poem), line 625: “For Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.”
‘A fellow by the hand of nature marked, / Quoted and sighed to do a deed of shame’ William Shakespeare, King John (1623 play), act 4, scene 2, lines 232–33: “A fellow by the hand of nature marked, / Quoted, and signed to do a deed of shame.”
the Ten Commandments . . . the fifth Bible, Exodus 20:12 (KJV): “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.” See also Bible, Deuteronomy 5:16 (KJV): “Honour thy father and thy mother as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
the ninth Bible, Exodus 20:16 (KJV): “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.” See also Bible, Deuteronomy 5:20 (KJV): “Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.”
what dear old Shakespeare says—that charity thinketh no evil Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:4–5 (KJV): “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil.”
12
There are no literary allusions in this chapter.
13
There are no literary allusions in this chapter.
14
Coming Soon.
15
Coming Soon.
16
Coming Soon.
17
Coming Soon.
18
Coming Soon.
19
Coming Soon.
20
Coming Soon.
21
Coming Soon.
22
Coming Soon.
23
Coming Soon.
24
Coming Soon.
25
Coming Soon.
26
Coming Soon.
27
Coming Soon.
28
Coming Soon.
29
Coming Soon.
30
Coming Soon.
31
Coming Soon.
32
Coming Soon.
33
Coming Soon.
34
Coming Soon.
35
Coming Soon.
36
Coming Soon.
37
Coming Soon.
38
Coming Soon.
39
Coming Soon.
40
Coming Soon.
41
Coming Soon.
42
Coming Soon.
43
Coming Soon.
44
Coming Soon.
45
Coming Soon.