Tag Archives: Henry IV

Falstaff and the Stolen Valor Act

By Robin Bates | Published: March 15, 2012

Shakespeare’s Falstaff would be in violation of the Stolen Valor act, now being challenged before the Supreme Court.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Justice, Richard II, Stolen Valor Act, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

Sons Must Kill Their Fathers, Alas

By Robin Bates | Published: January 18, 2012

There’s is no easy way for son’s to find their identities apart from their fathers, but they have no choice but to try.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Denis Diderot, fathers and sons, Homer, Odyssey, Shakespeare, Stendahl, The Scarlet and the Black | Comments closed

Is Father-Son Conflict Inevitable?

By Robin Bates | Published: July 22, 2009

I had an interesting conversation with my two sons yesterday as we drove them and my daughter-in-law to the Portland airport, marking the beginning of the end of our summer vacation. The conversation began with me wondering why there weren’t works of literature that accurately capture the kind of father-son relationship that I feel that […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Cormac McCarthy, Daniel Defoe, David Copperfield, fathers and sons, Great Expectations, Hamlet, Homer, Human Stain, Lawrence Sterne, Nicholas Nickleby, Odyssey, Oedipus, Oliver Twist, Philip Roth, Road, Robinson Crusoe, Shakespeare, Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison, Tristram Shandy | Comments closed