Trump’s love affair with gold gilding alerts us as to how he would do were he given test Portia’s suitors must take in Merchant of Venice.
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Tag Archives: Merchant of Venice
What to Make of Fascist Authors
In which I explore a Lit Hub article arguing that authors and fascists have things in common, which explains why certain authors have turned to the dark side.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Ed Simon, Eduard Limonov, Emily Bronte, Fascism, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Leo Tolstoy, Tempoe of the Golden Pavilion, War and Peace, William Shakespeare, Wuthering Heights, Yukio Mishima Comments closed
Pricked and Bleeding Thanks to Trump
A mother, brutalized by federal agents who got the wrong house, seemed to be channeling “Merchant of Venice” in her response.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Department of Homeland Security, Justice, mercy, revenge, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Shakespeare in a Divided America
Shapiro’s “Shakespeare in a Divided America” shows that the Bard has made an appearance in most of American history’s key moments.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged censorship, Hamlet, James Shapiro, Julius Caesar, MAGA, Othello, Romeo and Juiet, Shakespeare in a Divided America, William Shakespeare Comments closed
The Dangerous Power of Libraries
Libraries as described by poet Paul Engle are sometimes repositories of dynamite, sometimes of comfort.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Library", Anna Karenina, C. S. Lewis, Grand Canyon, Julius Caesar, Leo Tolstoy, libraries, Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Lolita, Louisa May Alcott, Paul Hamilton Engle, Tempest, Vladimir Nabokov, William Shakespeare Comments closed
On Portia, Milosz, and Pardoning Trump
Should Biden pardon Trump. This article, citing “Merchant of Venice” and a Milosz poem, argues no.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Incantation", Czeslaw Milosz, Dante, Donald Trump, Inferno, Isaiah, mercy, Presidential pardoning power, Salman Rushdie, William Shakespeare Comments closed