It’s not only Rush Limbaugh and Bill Maher who are use sexual epithets to denigrate women. King Lear does it too.
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Tag Archives: William Shakespeare
Falstaff and the Stolen Valor Act
Shakespeare’s Falstaff would be in violation of the Stolen Valor act, now being challenged before the Supreme Court.
Rough Winds Do Shake the Buds of March
Crazy weather swings have been messing with our spring flowers, bringing to mind Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18.
Romney as Shakespeare’s Dark Lady?!
“I do believe her, though I know she lies,” wrote Shakespeare about the dark lady. It could also be said by some Republican voters about Mitt Romney.
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Lit, an RX for Fanaticism?
Israeli author Amos Oz believes that literature can provide “a partial and limited immunity to fanaticism.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Nose", Fanaticism, Franz Kafka, Nikolai Gogol, Trial Comments closed
Qaddafi Died Like Macbeth, Richard III
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.
Shakespeare Passages for Halloween
Shakespeare has memorable passages about ghosts that are appropriate for Halloween.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged ghosts, Halloween, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Midsummer Night's Dream Comments closed
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.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 2000 Leagues under the Sea, As You Like It, Beatles, Education, Herman Melville, Jules Verne, Katherine Anne Porter, Moby Dick, Mold, Ship of Fools, St. Mary's College of Maryland Comments closed