Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 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, Philosophy, and Mythology

The Bible (All over the place in this novel)
Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote (3.4)
John Bunyan: The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come (17.58)
Thomas Kibble Hervey: Friendship's Offering, and Winter's Wreath (17.58)
William Shakespeare (20.14, 21.12)
William Shakespeare: Richard III (20.16, 20.24, 21.2, 12.11, 21.12)
William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (20.16, 20.21, 21.1, 21.12)
William Shakespeare: Hamlet (21.7, 21.8, 21.9, 21.11, 21.12)
William Shakespeare: King Lear (24.2)
William Shakespeare: Macbeth (21.11)

Henry Clay (17.58)
Louis XVII of France (19.48)
Louis XVI of France (19.48, 40.42)
Marie Antoinette (19.48)
Charlemagne (19.49)
Christopher Columbus (21.16)
Henry VIII (23.24)
Charles II of England (23.24)
Louis XIV of France (23.24, 38.18)
Louis XV of France (23.24)
James II of England (23.24)
Edward II of England (23.24)
Richard III of England (23.24)
William IV of England (26.29)
William the Conqueror (37.49)
The Mayflower (37.49)
Lady Jane Gray (38.2)
Lord Gilford Dudley (38.2)