Tag Archives: William Shakespeare

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.

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A.I. and the Tech Bro Accelerationists

AI is the darling of Silicon Valley accelerationists, who sound like the old Italian Futurists and who appear never to have read Shelley’s Frankenstein.

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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.

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Shakespeare on Trans Rights

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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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.

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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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