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Tag Archives: GOP
Handmaid’s Tale Comes a Step Closer
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Trump’s Havisham-Like Damage
Is Trump, like Miss Havisham, so embittered by his loss that he’s creating little Estelles, designed to break America’s heart.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Charles Dickens, democracy threatened, Donald Trump, Frank Bruni, Great Expectations, Hillary Clinton, Tempest, Trumpism, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Sin, Death, and a Pro-Covid GOP
As the GOP becomes a pro-Covid party, they resemble Satan in “Paradise Lost,” unleashing death upon humankind.
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First They Came for Toni Morrison, Then…
In the right attacks Toni Morrison novels, does this mean that Homer, Dostoevsky, Milton, and Sophocles are next?
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Beloved, Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Homer, Odyssey, Oedipus, Sophocles, Toni Morrison Comments closed
Comparing Claudius’ and Trump’s Coups
The GOP desire to move on from Trump’s coup attempt is like Claudius wanting to move on from his successful one against Hamlet’s father.
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Dryden on Charismatic Demagogues
In Dryden’s Absalom, we see a politician who has Donald Trump’s ability to sway a crowd.
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Chekhov’s Gun and American Elections
Are stories of rightwing militias carrying AK-47s also carrying Chekhov’s gun? What happens in the next act?
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Jan. 6 Reenacted “Julius Caesar”
In certain ways, January 6 was a reenactment of “Julius Caesar.” Trump supporters, however, were more Cassius than Brutus.
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GOP Has Perfected Invisibility
If Trump’s GOP is not held accountable for January 6, it will be Wells’s “Invisible Man” redux.
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