Does Jeb Bush resemble at the moment Samson Agonistes? His rivalry with Marco Rubio also resembles any number of Shakespeare tragedies. There’s an Oedipus parallel as well.
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Jeb! Agonistes: An Unsettling Parallel
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A Colossus Bestriding the World (Series)
Sports Saturday What a world series it was for San Francisco Giants pitcher Martin Bumgartner! On Sunday he threw 117 pitches for nine shutout innings to win game five and then on Wednesday he returned to throw another 68 pitches for five shutout innings to preserve a 3-2 lead in the deciding game seven. And […]
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Marc Antony for the Prosecution
Federal court judge Thomas Thrash, Jr., drawing on years of experience as a trial lawyer, explains why Marc Antony makes a better case than Brutus does.
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Spain No Longer a Soccer Colossus
Spain, which once did bestride the soccer world like a colossus, has been ousted from the World Cup.
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Faced with Bombs, Be Brutus, Not the Mob
To politicians who make irresponsible claims after an incident like the Boston Marathon bombing, Shakespeare has a warning and a model to follow.
Refugee Poem Changed Liberty’s Meaning
The poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty get us to interpret the sculpture differently than the designer intended.
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Shakespeare with a Smart Phone
The plays would have been different if Shakespeare’s characters had had access to social media.
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Shakespeare Passages for Halloween
Shakespeare has memorable passages about ghosts that are appropriate for Halloween.
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