Tag Archives: Macbeth

Rubio vs. Bush: The Unkindest Cut

By Robin Bates | Published: January 6, 2016

The struggle between Jeb Bush and his former protegé Marco Rubio has been described as Shakespearean. The Shakespeare duos that come to mind are Caesar-Brutus, Duncan-Macbeth, and Henry IV-Hal.

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Jeb! Agonistes: An Unsettling Parallel

By Robin Bates | Published: November 1, 2015

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.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged 2016 election, GOP, GOP primary, Henry IV Part II, Jeb Bush, John Milton, Joseph Campbell, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Marco Rubio, Oedipus, politics, Samson Agonistes, Sophocles, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

The Bard Does Halloween

By Robin Bates | Published: October 30, 2015

In honor of Halloween, check out what Shakespeare had to say about ghosts. When his graves yawn and yield up their dead, they produce apparitions that are genuinely frightening.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged ghosts, Halloween, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

Political Consultants Should Read Lit

By Robin Bates | Published: May 4, 2015

Which literary works would you recommend to a political consultant to stay in touch with his or her soul and avoid becoming lost in the dark side? How about Hawthorne, Melville, Shakespeare, Pinter, and Terrence McNally?

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Antony and Cleopatra, Confidence Man, Harold Pinter, Herman Melville, King Lear, Moby Dick, Nathaniel Hawthorne, political consultants, politics, Scarlet Letter, Terrence McNally, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

Art Is the Path to Liberation

By Robin Bates | Published: May 8, 2014

Nick Brown, a very bright philosophy and English double major, reflects on how to live a worthwhile life. An aesthetic approach to life is at the core of his argument.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "Ode on a Grecian Urn", Albert Camus, Art, As You Like It, Dogen, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, existentialism, Fear and Trembling, John Keats, Karl Marx, liberation, Myth of Sisyphus, Soren Kierkegaard, Zen Buddhism | Comments closed

The Bard Could Improve Lawyer Behavior

By Robin Bates | Published: April 17, 2014

A judge makes his case about how Shakespeare can improve lawyer professionalism.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged courts of law, Hamlet, Henry VI Part II, judges, King Lear, lawyers, Merchant of Venice, Othello, Richard II, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

Petraeus: Karenina, Oedipus, or Antony?

By Robin Bates | Published: November 15, 2012

The David Petraeus affair–is it 19th century melodrama or high tragedy?

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Anna Karenina, Antony and Cleopatra, David Petraeus, Leo Tolstoy, Notre Dame de Paris, Othello, Victor Hugo, William Shakespeare | Comments closed

Qaddafi Died Like Macbeth, Richard III

By Robin Bates | Published: November 1, 2011

As Shakespeare understood with Macbeth and Richard III, narcissistic dictators like Qaddafi are so obsessed with control that they think they can stage manage their own deaths.

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Shakespeare Passages for Halloween

By Robin Bates | Published: October 31, 2011

Shakespeare has memorable passages about ghosts that are appropriate for Halloween.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged ghosts, Halloween, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare | Comments closed