The GOP’s switch from anti- to pro-Russia is like switching from Eurasia to Eastasia in “1984.” But rather than resembling mob boss Don Corleone in the scenario, Trump is more like Putin’s Luca Brasi.
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Trump as Putin’s Luca Brasi
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Trump vs. Zelensky, Harpy vs. Eagle
Trump and Vance attacking Zelensky is like the harpies of the shore plucking the eagle of the sea in Holmes’s “Old Ironsides.”
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Zelinsky–Hamlet or Henry V?
Ukraine president recently quoted Hamlet’s great soliloquy, which does in fact lay out his situation.
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Zelensky as Hugo’s Enjolras
Ukrainian president bears a striking resemblance to Hugo’s Enjorlas in “Les Misérables.”
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A Bakhtinian Reading of Zelenskyy
To understand Ukraine’s Zelensky, Adam Gopnik applies the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin.
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