William Wilson has to be a direct reference to the short story by Edgar Allan Poe. William committed suicide by stabbing his doppelganger and everyone but deranged Nirvana fans knows that Kurt committed suicide as well. I'd like to think there's more to the line about matricide but I'm not nearly stoned enough to tackle that. I reckon it's about being a woman and asserting yourself in a sexist society.
William Wilson has to be a direct reference to the short story by Edgar Allan Poe. William committed suicide by stabbing his doppelganger and everyone but deranged Nirvana fans knows that Kurt committed suicide as well. I'd like to think there's more to the line about matricide but I'm not nearly stoned enough to tackle that. I reckon it's about being a woman and asserting yourself in a sexist society.