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Tag Archives: William Shakespeare
The Real Victims of Deflategate
Two characters from “Hamlet” have been invoked in Tom Brady’s deflategate scandal. Can you guess which ones?
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Lear: Finding Love in Adversity
Both “Doctor Faustus” and “King Lear” teach us the silver lining in adversity, “Faustus” in a negative way, “Lear” in a positive.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Adversity, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, hell, King Lear, love, spiritual love Comments closed
Political Consultants Should Read Lit
Which literary works would you recommend to a political consultant to stay in touch with his or her soul and avoid becoming lost in the dark side? How about Hawthorne, Melville, Shakespeare, Pinter, and Terrence McNally?
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Antony and Cleopatra, Confidence Man, Harold Pinter, Herman Melville, King Lear, Macbeth, Moby Dick, Nathaniel Hawthorne, political consultants, politics, Scarlet Letter, Terrence McNally Comments closed
Robert Durst’s Iago-Like Soliloquy
How to interpret suspected murderer Robert Durst’s enigmatic words on “The Jinx”? Shakespeare’s villains point the way.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Jinx, King Lear, moral consciousness, Othello, Robert Durst, soliloquies, Soul Comments closed
Gaga Feminism & 12th Night
“Gaga feminism” is a playful challenge to conventional social definitions. Shakespeare can be seen as writing “Twelfth Night” in the spirit of gaga feminism.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Dadaism, deconstruction, gender identity, Lady Gaga, postmodernism, Surrealism, Twelfth Night Comments closed
Twelfth Night and the End of Carnival
Twelfth Night in New Orleans, as in Shakespeare’s play, seems to be about carnival time winding down.
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