General Allusion Observance, Discussion

[sylvia]

I find this thread quite enticing. I found that a lot of these, and then some, are posted here: www.imdb.com/title/tt0339291/board/thread/25822302

[SnicketFires]

One of the songs Lemony can play on the accordian, Vide le cerceuil, vide mon coeur ("The coffin is empty and so is my heart") is an allusion to a song sung in an Edward Gorey book, either La vengeance posthume or The Blue Aspic

[Dante]

There's one quote in TPP mentioned by Dewey as being spoken by the woman who took him - "one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways." It's apparently a quote from Edith Wharton. The full quote is: "In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy, sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways."

[queequegcaptain]

In the Grim Grotto Violet found "a strange stone with 3 different languages on it." This refers to the Rosetta Stone, a stone that was found by Napoleon, and with the 2 other languages it helped decipgher Egyptian Hyroglyphs.

[queequegcaptain]

Althought the Village of Fowl Devottes was very Puritan, i think it allusions to the Inquisition. The Inquisition, which was a religios movement, was famous for burning people at the stake with little or no evidence of them being guily. The Inquisitors were corrupt and only after money and land, and they often made the innocent look accused just to gain more wealth. Can you say Olaf?

[jeslakide]

I watched the movie Rebecca recently. Maybe it's just because I was deep in an obsession at the time, but I am now convinced that R, the Duchess of Winnipeg refers to that movie and/or book. The initials 'R de W' were all over the place, the leading man had a sister named Beatrice, the mansion burned down... and the character Rebecca had been known for holding costume balls.

If it's not intentional, it's one heck of a coincidence.

[Jacques the Environmentalist]

I read that book 3 years ago. Didn't like it except for the end. Now I think on it you're right.
Except R(Duchess) is nothing like Rebecca. Rebecca was a sociopath somewhat like Olaf. So was her cousin.

[counto]

The name Lemony Snicket sounds similar to Jiminy Cricket, the talking cricket and Pinocchio's conscience from the original book by Carlo Collodi and the Disney animated adaption.