Trump’s attacks on Leo resemble Henry VIII vs. Thomas More and Henry II vs. Thomas Becket. Works like Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy, Bolt’s Man for All Seasons, and Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral explore these dramas.
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Tag Archives: Donald Trump
Will No One Rid Me of This Meddlesome Pope?
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Bring Up the Bodies, Henry II, Henry VIII, Hilary Mantel, J.D. Vance, Man for All Seasons, Murder in the Cathedral, Pope Leo, Robert Bolt, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Becket, Thomas More, Wolf Hall Comments closed
Measure for Measure and Our Religious Hypocrites
Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, about a pious but corrupt judge, captures many of our own political figures that are brandishing their religion.
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Careless People Leaving Messes
“The Great Gatsby” helps explain Trump’s meltdown over Iranian resistance.
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The Madness of Donald Trump
In which I compare Trump’s madness with that of King Lear.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Christopher Marlowe, Dante, dementia, Doctor Faustus, Inferno, King Lear, Love Song of J. Alfred Pruforck, Marjorie Taylor Greene, T.E. Eliot, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Catch-22 and DJT’s Iran “Excursion”
Catch-22 understand perfectly Trump’s double dealing in the Iranian conflict.
Richard III and Epstein’s Crimes
In which I report on an article applying Shakespeare’s “Richard III” to the Epstein fallout.
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Trump’s Duck Soup of a War
Trump’s Tehran bombing is like a mash-up of George Orwell and the Marx Brothers.
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Milton, Voltaire, and Trump’s Address
In which I compare Trump’s State of the Union speech to Paradise Lost—well, a little bit—and also to Candide.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Bill Kristol, Candide, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Samuel Johnson, State of the Union speech, Voltaire Comments closed