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Trump as a Sadistic Steinbeck Bully

By Robin Bates | Published: March 11, 2024

As bully, Trump resembles Curley in “Of Mice and Men.” Recently Biden, like Lennie, struck back.

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Shakespeare Hated Bullies

By Robin Bates | Published: February 5, 2019

Tuesday Last week a reader accused me of anti-Semitism for defending Merchant of Venice. While I’m always willing to learn new things about myself—personally, I think I have more trace elements in my system of sexism, racism, classism, homophobia, and ableism than of anti-Semitism—the response sent me back to early recollections of the play. For […]

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Miami Locker Room, Lord of the Flies

By Robin Bates | Published: November 16, 2013

Richie Incognito may have played Jack in “Lord of the Flies” to Jonathan Martin’s Piggy.

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The Rape of John Lauber’s Locks

By Robin Bates | Published: May 14, 2012

The high school incident where Romney forcibly cut a classmate’s hair is less “Lord of the Flies” and more “Rape of the Lock.”

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Teaching Kids to Stand Up to Bullies

By Robin Bates | Published: September 28, 2011

Michael Gerson writes that “Lord of the Flies” gives kids a picture of the bullying they experience and “To Kill a Mockingbird” the courage to stand up to it.

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Bullying in Twelfth Night

By Robin Bates | Published: May 9, 2011

Although I’ve been teaching for over 30 years, students continue to provide new insights into works that I thought I knew. Sophomore Wick Eisenberg did so recently with a Twelfth Night essay in which he examined an issue that has become a national concern: bullying.

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