As Shakespeare understood with Macbeth and Richard III, narcissistic dictators like Qaddafi are so obsessed with control that they think they can stage manage their own deaths.
Tag Archives: William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Passages for Halloween
Shakespeare has memorable passages about ghosts that are appropriate for Halloween.
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The Film Is the Fraud, Not Shakespeare
The new film “Anonymous” claims that Shakespeare was a fraud. The only fraud is the film itself.
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Mold Causing Problems? Bring in a Ship
Our students, displaced by mold, are being housed in a cruise ship. A campus production of “As You Like It” may have given administrators the idea.
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Reading for Fun, the Best Education
In “Northanger Abbey,” Jane Austen advocates the ideal way to raise one’s kids: encourage them to read good literature and they will learn the life lessons that they need.
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Which Shakespearean Hero Is Murdoch?
So which Shakespeare hero is Rupert Murdoch? Marche floats the names of Macbeth, Hamlet, Lear, Richard II and Richard III. I’d peg him as Iago.
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Cinderella vs. Jane Eyre in Soccer Final
In tomorrow’s World Cup finals, Japan is Cinderella going up against America’s Jane Eyre.
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