Prospero’s final speech unexpectedly moved me to tears as I read it aloud recently to my British Fantasy class.
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Tag Archives: William Shakespeare
Trump & GOP as Shakespearean Drama
To see the decline of the GOP as a Shakespeare drama, one must draw on “Macbeth,” “Hamlet,,” “Henry IV,” and “King Lear.” And throw in Marlowe’s “Dr. Faustus.”
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Shakespeare & Sexual Assault Politics
As he demonstrates in “Measure for Measure,” Shakespeare would understand the ins and outs of modern sexual assault politics.
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Kelly as Coriolanus? Dear God, No!
John McCain is John of Gaunt to John Kelly’s Coriolanus. Guess which one loves his country more.
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Assertive Women Drive Lear, Trump Mad
Lear is driven mad by his assertive daughters. Are strong women like the San Juan mayor also sending Trump around the bend?
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Trump in Chaucer, Shakespeare & Conrad
When compared to people called “dotard” in Chaucer and Shakespeare, Trump fits the insult hurled at him by Kim Jong-un. His statement to African leaders, meanwhile, makes him sound like a “Heart of Darkness” ivory trader.
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Nazis and the Classics
Do the classics make us better people. F. R. Leavis thinks so while Terry Eagleton disagrees and cites as an example concentration camp commandants who read Goethe.
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Even Iago Should Not Be Tortured
Examining an upcoming trial by people who were tortured during the George W. Bush administration, Ariel Dorfman examines the face of Iago and the satisfaction we take at the tortures that await him.
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