Tag Archives: Julius Caesar

Prigozhin Didn’t Take the Tide at the Flood

Did Prigozhin disregard Brutus’s advice, failing to take the tide when it was at its flood? If so, he might come to regret it.

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The Bard Fails to Prevent Genocidal Horror

Can Shakespeare break through to genocidal maniacs. O’Brien wrestles with this question in “Little Red Chairs.”

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Trumpist Stefanik, Shakespeare Lover?!

Trump fanatic Elise Stefanik loved Shakespeare in college. So what exactly did she take away from the plays?

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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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The Bard Can Reopen the American Mind

Allan Bloom’s “Shakespeare’s Politics” (1964) argues that, through the Bard, we better understand politics.

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A Wretch Concentered All in Self

Look to Sir Walter Scott, not to Shakespeare, to sum up Donald Trump’s exit.

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Check Out the Bard for Halloween

Shakespeare does a great Halloween. Check out Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, and Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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“Et Tu, Brute!”–Betraying the Kurds

Which Shakespeare play best captures Trump’s betrayal of the Kurds? Julius Caesar, perhaps, for pathos, Othello for the cold-blooded way it was done.

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Mike Pence=Elmer Gantry + Uriah Heep

Columnist George Will calls Mike Pence a cross between Elmer Gantry and Uriah Heep. I see the two and raise to a Dante sycophant and Shakespeare’s Cassius.

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