Tag Archives: William Shakespeare

i thank You God for most this amazing

By Robin Bates | Published: July 17, 2021

In his joyous poem “i thank You God for most this amazing,” e.e. cummings uses his distinctive style in service of expressing God.

By Robin Bates | Published: June 16, 2021

Is rightwing militancy in America no more than “sound and fury, signifying nothing”? We can but pray that it is.

By Robin Bates | Published: May 25, 2021

Allan Bloom’s “Shakespeare’s Politics” (1964) argues that, through the Bard, we better understand politics.

By Robin Bates | Published: May 4, 2021

Trump’s big lie about winning in 2020, which has become gospel in certain GOP circles, brings to mind Falstaff’s lying.

By Robin Bates | Published: May 3, 2021

I share the Samuel Johnson chapter from my book-in-progress.

By Robin Bates | Published: April 13, 2021

“All’s Well That Ends Well” can work as an allegory for our polarized times.

By Robin Bates | Published: March 24, 2021

The Evergreen cargo ship, stuck in the Suez canal, brings to mind a Shylock passage from “Merchant of Venice.”

By Robin Bates | Published: February 24, 2021

Ted Cruz? More Willie Stark crossed with Chevy Chase or Richard III played by Mr. Bean?

By Robin Bates | Published: January 11, 2021

While the Macbeths share many traits with Trump and his GOP enablers, they had least have the capacity for self-reflection.