Endgame Allusions & Cultural References

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.

Literature and Philosophy

Sorites Paradox (1.1)
William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Hamm's name)
William Shakespeare, Richard III: "My kingdom for a horse" (1.231)
Possible Illusion to Mary, mother of Jesus, as Margaret: Peggy: Pegg (1.443)
William Shakespeare, The Tempest. Caliban says, "You taught me language, and my profit on't is I know how to curse. The red plague rid you for learning me your language." (1.466)
Possible Illusion to painter/poet William Blake (1.467)