In the immortal words of Muhammad Ali, Roger Federer floated like a butterfly, stung like a bee as he won his 7th Wimbledon title yesterday.
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Tag Archives: William Shakespeare
Federer: Floating Butterfly, Stinging Bee
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Don’t Underestimate Midsummer Madness
The summer solstice and Shakespeare’s famous play appear sentimental to us today. They were not always so.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged A. S. Byatt, Children's Book, fairies, Geoffrey Chaucer, Midsummer Night's Dream, Puck, Puck of Pook's Hill, Rudyard Kipling, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, summer solstice, Wife of Bath Comments closed
To Esmé and Alban with Love (No Squalor)
With names from Salinger and Blake, my two new grandchildren have promising destinies.
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Shakespeare with a Smart Phone
The plays would have been different if Shakespeare’s characters had had access to social media.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Hamlet, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, social media, Tempest, Titus Andronicus Comments closed
King Lear’s Sexual Epithets vs. Women
It’s not only Rush Limbaugh and Bill Maher who are use sexual epithets to denigrate women. King Lear does it too.
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