The Grand Inquistor & The Breaking of Nations

I could not find a clear connection between both pieces, but have found a similarity between the two. In the Inquistor he speaks about the three temptations that the Devil put Jesus through, where he rejected the Devil in favor of God, just as Hardy divided his poem into three sections. Additionally, I feel as though both pieces suggest that people can overcome the temptations of the Devil or even hardships of society and war through their own personal freedom. God has given us Free Will, and it is through that freedom that we choose which course we wish to prevail upon.