Shakespeare makes a strong case for transsexuals in “Twelfth Night” but also has a caution that progressives would do well to heed.
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Shakespeare on Trans Rights
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Trumpism as the Hamlet Story
Think of Trump as Claudius, intent on overthrowing something noble and great. Hamlet describes his uncle as “a mildewed ear,” which fits.
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Trumps Wants to “Kill All the Lawyers”
Trump wants, at least metaphorically, to “kill all the lawyers.” The line is delivered by an insurrectionist and bad man in “Henry VI, Part II.”
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A Woman 600 Years Ahead of Her Time
If Chaucer’s created a timeless and transcendent character in the Wife of Bath, it is because he listened–really listened–to women.
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Trump Doth Murder Sleep
Trump and Musk are current-day Macbeths, out to murder American democracy.
Trump Has Let Slip the Lapdogs of War
In pardoning the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, Trump has cried “havoc” and let slip the dogs of war (to quote from “Julius Caesar”).
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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.
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Lit Packs a Powerful Punch
My book “Better Living through Lit” this past year was only one of several making the case that literature can be social dynamite.
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