Poet David Wright finds retirement lessons in “King Lear.” And aging lessons as well.
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Tag Archives: King Lear
On Lear and Turning 73
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Trump’s Love Test Resembles Lear’s
Trump, like Lear, sets up love tests for followers. South Carolina Sen. Scott recently “passed” in the same way that Goneril and Regan pass.
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Lear, Trump Rage Against Their Enemies
Lear and Trump are two narcissists who resort to bombastic threats when backed into a corner.
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Musk Needs a Shakespearean Fool
The world’s wealthiest man attempted comedy the other night but was booed off the stage. Shakespeare would understand.
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Now Let Us Praise Poor Naked Wretches
In “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,” Agee and Evans include a powerful passage from “King Lear” that is appropriate for All Saints Sunday.
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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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