Shakespeare is so pervasive in the language that we are often oblivious when we are quoting him.
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Tag Archives: William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Was Mandela’s Lifeline
A copy of Shakespeare’s works that circulated through apartheid-era prisons shows the Bard providing solace for the prisoners.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Antigone, Henry V, Merchant of Venice, Nelson Mandela, Shakespeare in the prisons, Sophocles, Tempest Comments closed
Petraeus: Karenina, Oedipus, or Antony?
The David Petraeus affair–is it 19th century melodrama or high tragedy?
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Anna Karenina, Antony and Cleopatra, David Petraeus, Leo Tolstoy, Macbeth, Notre Dame de Paris, Othello, Victor Hugo Comments closed
Hell Is Empty and All the Devils Are Here
“Sandy” conjures up for me a traumatic childhood reading experience along with a passage from “The Tempest.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Hurricane Sandy, Mark Twain, Nature, Tempest Comments closed
Hurricanes Make Us All Poor, Infirm, Weak
The onslaught of Hurricane Sandy reminds us of King Lear’s storm experience.
Fantasy, Because Reality Is Unsatisfactory
Fantasy is nothing in and of itself but takes its character in opposition to an unsatisfactory reality.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Lady of Shalott", "Lotos Eaters", "Passing of Arthur", Alfred Lord Tennyson, C. S. Lewis, Eve of St. Agnes, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Lord of the Rings, Midsummer Night's Dream Comments closed
Refugee Poem Changed Liberty’s Meaning
The poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty get us to interpret the sculpture differently than the designer intended.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "New Colossus", Emma Lazarus, Julius Caesar, Statue of Liberty Comments closed