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08-23-2001, 09:37 PM
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| |  Literary references *Slight story spoiler*
Did anyone else notice that the guy at the pub in Amketheram, who had sold his soul to the lich, was named Marlowe? And the lich was named Vongoethe? I found this hillarious  Although slightly spoiler-ish...
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08-23-2001, 09:57 PM
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It sounds familiar, but what is the literary reference? I cannot remember which book that came from.
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08-23-2001, 11:59 PM
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Both Marlowe and Goethe wrote plays on the Faust legend. Faust sells his soul to a devil.
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08-24-2001, 01:13 AM
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OK, now I get it - Vongoethe = Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who wrote what is probably the most famous version of the Faust legend.
That's one of the things I like about this game - there's all kinds of literary references sprinkled through it. 
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08-24-2001, 01:46 PM
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Originally posted by Sojourner:
<STRONG>That's one of the things I like about this game - there's all kinds of literary references sprinkled through it. </STRONG>
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08-24-2001, 06:41 PM
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The name of the game is a literary referance.
Balder is straight from north mythology, he was the pretty boy, son of Freya and Odin I believe.
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08-24-2001, 06:43 PM
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Double post, but while I'm here, I'd like to say that again I am impressed by Fable's omni present knowledge
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08-24-2001, 06:43 PM
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08-24-2001, 07:25 PM
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@CE clearly knows as much.
There's also the little event taking place in the Temple or Government district, with the attractive lover being prompted in his speeches by the ugly man who ultimately gets the girl. That's a bow of homage to Rostand's great play, Cyrano de Bergerac. Of course, in Rostand, Cyrano never gets the girl. I'm glad the Biware folks allowed him to.
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08-24-2001, 08:07 PM
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Not exactly a great classic in either the great or the classic way, but theres a squirrel and a moose in the promenade. Rocky and Bullwinkle anyone ?
Also, how many of us have had to reload ala Bondari ?
"Oh Captain my Captain" by none other than the coolest beholder to have ever walked the realms. I think it's Moby ****, can someone verify this ?
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08-24-2001, 08:27 PM
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@Knight Errant: You know you old Nordic mythology, Baldur/Balder, the god of benevolece and light, was indeed the son of Oden and Freja.
Regarding the Cyrano paraphras, I was also happy Cyrano got the girl in BG2 I've always felt sorry for him
There are lot's of literary references in the game, but I haven't played it for a while now...I'll post here if I remember any more
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08-24-2001, 08:40 PM
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Ditto. I'll look for 'em, too.
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08-24-2001, 09:16 PM
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What is the Faust Legend? Could someone regale it for me?
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08-24-2001, 09:22 PM
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Unfourtantely Baldor or Balder either one, the son of Oden and Freya, was killed by the trick of Loki. Freya commanded that all objects on earth will not harm her son. Unfortunately she forgot the mistletoe. Loki give a mistletoe to the blind son of Oden, forgot his name. The blind son throw the mistletoe at Baldor, thinking it was something harmelss, but end up killing Baldor.
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08-24-2001, 09:26 PM
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Also I think the Spectator Beholder's "Oh Captain My Captain" was from a poem by a famous poet that I studied in my English class, forgot his name, but it goes something like this:
"Oh Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done.
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought has won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the poeple all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O Heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead."
That's was the first stanza.
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