If Hillary Clinton were currently our president, I have no doubt in the world that rightwing pundits and politicians would be comparing her to a lead character in the work I am writing about today. She would be Nurse Ratched from Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
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Rebelling against Big Nurse’s Nanny State
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Election Anxieties? Read Kipling’s “If”
Milbank uses a Kipling line as he begs readers not to leave the Washington Post. Kipling also provides timely advice for the last week of this election.
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Harris’s Use of Goneril Tactics
In Tuesday’s presidential debate, Harris played Goneril and Regan to Trump’s King Lear. With differences, of course.
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Bothsiderism in Lewis’ Last Battle
When the journalists engage in bothsiderism in the 2024 election, they resemble the dwarfs in Lewis’s “Last Battle.”
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To Understand Trump’s Trials, Ask Alice
To understand the Trump trials, check out Lewis Carroll’s Alice books.
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Trump as Dracula and Ancient Mariner
Maureen Dowd compares Trump to Dracula and the Ancient Mariner. The comparisons are worth exploring.
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Does Hamlet Speak for Generation Z?
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Brecht, Hitler’s Coup Attempt, and Jan. 6
Reacting to Hitler, Brecht expressed frustration as the ineffectiveness of crying out. Today, the 100th anniversary of Hitler’s coup attempts, resembles January 6, 2021.
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Joe Biden as King Hrothgar
Biden’s low poll numbers may be because, like King Hrothgar in “Beowulf,” he can’t prevent violence from breaking out in the great hall.
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