It is pointed out that Kagero was inspired by Ophelia, Ginnojo by "King Lear," his death by a scene of Ophelia's death by drowning in "Hamlet," Yodogimi's killing of Chinpaku by the murder of Polonius, and Yodogimi's characteristics by the wife of Macbeth, and so forth.
蜻蛉はオフェーリアに、銀之丞は『リア王』から、その死は『ハムレット』オフェーリア水死の場、淀君の珍伯殺害はボローニアス殺害の場の影響が、淀君の性格は『マクベス』の妻からの影響などがそれぞれ指摘されている。