Somewhat. Plus Hamlet, Macbeth, and "Bartleby, the Scrivener"; trying to catch up a little bit for class.
That was the general impression.
If they were "contrived" they could hardly be called subtle! :)
Quite so. I didn't suppose there was some huge underlying scheme going on; the details just seemed to give a good deal of unity and, to a certain degree, subtextual content.
Glad to hear it. It's a good story.

