The political high point of my life has been Obama’s 2008 election. I began blogging the following spring, and many of my posts have been about racial resentment.
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Tag Archives: Othello
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, Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juiet, Shakespeare in a Divided America, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Who Has the Real Problem with Sex?
Those who complain most about sexual perversion are usually the people who are most implicated in it. Take Iago, for instance.
Iago Resentment Is Destroying America
The “ressentiment” that drives Iago to destroy Othello is present in our own society and equally destructive.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Beowulf, Donald Trump, John Milton, Paradise Lost, racism, ressentiment, William Shakespeare Comments closed
“Othello’s” Toxic Relationships
“Othello” continues to raise urgent questions that we’ve got to grapple with.
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Are the Liberal Arts Automatically Liberal?
Literature, in the current climate, cannot help but be seen as political. That’s because it urges us to consider other views.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "note to self", "grandma we are poets", Critical Race Theory, Liberal arts education, Lucille Clifton, rightwing radicalism, William Shakespeare Comments closed