Tag Archives: narcissism

Our Lear Is Running to Be King Again

By Robin Bates | Published: October 29, 2024

In an essay reposted from 2017 that is still relevant, I compare Trump’s narcissism with King Lear’s.

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Lear Also Doesn’t Step Down Gracefully

By Robin Bates | Published: November 9, 2020

We could have anticipated how Donald Trump would respond to losing by reading “King Lear.” All the stages are the same.

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Trump, a Kane-Type Narcissist

By Robin Bates | Published: June 18, 2018

Citzen Kane, Trump’s favorite film, brilliantly captures a narcissist. Margaret Atwood and Sylvia Plath also have things to say about narcissism.

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The Bigger Ego: Trump’s or Zaphod’s?

By Robin Bates | Published: March 13, 2017

If you know anyone with an “ego as big as the universe,” compare him/her to Zaphod Beeblebrox in “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” In Beeblebrox’s case, it is shown to be literally true.

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Sex without Love

By Robin Bates | Published: March 1, 2014

Sex without love, as Sharon Olds frames it, requires a fascistic narcissism.

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