In Tuesday’s presidential debate, Harris played Goneril and Regan to Trump’s King Lear. With differences, of course.
Tag Archives: Donald Trump
Harris’s Use of Goneril Tactics
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9-11 and Auden’s “September 1, 1939”
In which I examine why Americans turned to Auden’s “September 1, 1939” on September 11, 2001–and how the poem still offers us solace and hope in the face of Trumpism.
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Silko and Trump on Weaving
In response to Trump’s defense that his rambling is verbal weaving, I look at applicable weaving imagery in Silko’s novel “Ceremony.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Ceremony, dementia, Election 2024, joy, Kamala Harris, Leslie Marmon Silko, PTSD, stream-of-consciousness Comments closed
Tana French, a Writer for Our Time
Tana French’s novels capture some of the mood engendered by Trumpism.
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Harris as Potter, Biden as Dumbledore
Think of Biden as first Harry Potter and then Dumbledore in the battle against Trump Voldemort.
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Is Trump Set to Inherit the Wind?
The way that the Bryan figure deflates in “Inherit the Wind” may prefigure Trump’s demise.
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On Mary Oliver, Joy, and Harris-Walz
Mary Oliver’s tells us to savor joy, which is what many are doing with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
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Kamala Harris Meets the Fisher King
Harris rejuvenating the race after taking over from Biden brings to mind the myth of the fisher king.
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Trump as Chaucer’s Pardoner
Think of Trump as Chaucer’s Pardoner, a conman who thinks he can trick people he’s revealed his tricks to.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Election 2024, Falstaff, Geoffrey Chaucer, greed, Harold Bloom, Kamala Harris, Pardoner's Prologue and Tale, William Shakespeare Comments closed
