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The author has inserted many literal allusions and works, such Shakespeare's Otello, the myth of Persephone and Hades, Faust, and Dorian Gray. The themes in these literal works explore "motiveless malignity" (as stated in the book) and adding to that, the extent of greed and temptation in human nature.

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