Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, about a pious but corrupt judge, captures many of our own political figures that are brandishing their religion.
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Tag Archives: William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure and Our Religious Hypocrites
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The Madness of Donald Trump
In which I compare Trump’s madness with that of King Lear.
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The Taming of the Electorate
Petruchio’s gaslighting in “Taming of the Shrew” helps us to understand authoritarian tactics in our own age.
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Richard III and Epstein’s Crimes
In which I report on an article applying Shakespeare’s “Richard III” to the Epstein fallout.
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T.S. Eliot, Tolkien, Gaiman, and ICE
A post associating a T.S. Eliot quotation, a Tolkien passage, and a Gaiman episode from “American Gods” with ICE’s withdrawal from Minnesota.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged American Gods, Bad Bunny, ICE, J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, Macbeth, Neil Gaiman, T.S. Eliot, Waste Land Comments closed
Minneapolis and Measure for Measure
Trump’s corrupt offer to Minnesota—give up your voting records and we’ll withdraw ICE—brings to mind Angelo’s corrupt offer in “Measure for Measure.”
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J.D. Vance as Andrew Aguecheek
Think of J.D. Vance as Sir Andrew Aguecheek from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
Church Music, Sweetest of Sweets
In a Malcolm Guite lecture, the Anglican poet and priest draws on Donne and Herbert to imagine us tuning our instruments for entry into the heavenly choir.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Denial", “Church Music", “Hymn to God My God in My Sickness", “Passionate Shepherd to His Love", "Sonnet 29", Christopher Marlowe, George Herbert, John Donne, Malcolm Guite, Music Comments closed
How Sociopaths Like DJT Escape Justice
Brundage’s magnificent crime novel “All Things Cease to Appear” frustrates our longing for accountability—as does DJT.
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