Think of Trump as Chaucer’s Pardoner, a conman who thinks he can trick people he’s revealed his tricks to.
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Trump as Chaucer’s Pardoner
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Harris’s Laugh and the Wife of Bath
Kamala Harris’s big-hearted laugh puts her in Chaucer’s Wife of Bath territory. Trump is more like the Pardoner.
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The Opening Ceremonies Explained
To appreciate the opening ceremonies in the Paris Olympics, it helps to know some French literature.
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Simone Biles Rises
Gymnast GOAT Biles has a tattoo of a line from Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” to inspire her.
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Mouth-Watering Loaves and Fishes
Liskey’s version of the loaves and fishes sets the miracle at a Depression-era table.
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Biden and Harris as Earthsea Characters
Le Guin’s “Farthest Shore” has insights applicable to the Biden-Harris succession.
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Biden, Macbeth, and Passing the Torch
An MSNBC commentator cited a line from “Macbeth” to characterize Joe Biden’s decision not to run for a second term/
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Shakespeare Stood Up for Immigrants
As Trump and MAGA call for mass deportations, Shakespeare asks us to see the world from the immigrants’ point of view.
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Trump Allies Dream of Unbouncing Tigger
After the shooting, some Trump allies wanted to believe it had softened him. And Rabbit thinks Tigger can be unbounced.
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