Tag Archives: William Shakespeare

Is Peyton Manning Pitted against Puck?

By Robin Bates | Published: February 1, 2014

Tomorrow’s Super Bowl drama may be forces of order vs. forces of chaos. Or it may involve Denver trying to outwit a trickster Puck-like team.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 22, 2014

Jason Blake found himself playing literary roles when his daughter underwent major surgery.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 18, 2014

A recent Wall Street Journal column is attempting to revive the 1990s culture wars over literature.

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By Robin Bates | Published: January 13, 2014

Chris Christie has resorting to plausible deniability such as that discussed in Shakespeare’s “Richard II” and “Antony and Cleopatra.”

By Robin Bates | Published: January 10, 2014

Shakespeare charts the way to new kinds of relationships in his cross-dressing comedies.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 6, 2013

An Elizabeth Alexander poem to remember Nelson Mandela and a past post on how he turned to Shakespeare in prison.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 18, 2013

“King Lear” gives us language to describe Typhoon Haiyan and also a framework to understand climate change denialism.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 21, 2013

At my father’s memorial service, we read poems by e.e. cummings, Shakespeare, Jacques Prévert, and my father himself.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged death and dying, Scott Bates, Tempest | Comments closed

By Robin Bates | Published: October 16, 2013

Can the Tea Party move beyond fantasies and deal with the world as it really is? Shakespeare and Yeats weigh in.