Tag Archives: William Shakespeare

Are the Liberal Arts Automatically Liberal?

By Robin Bates | Published: January 19, 2022

Literature, in the current climate, cannot help but be seen as political. That’s because it urges us to consider other views.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 7, 2021

Is Trump, like Miss Havisham, so embittered by his loss that he’s creating little Estelles, designed to break America’s heart.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 2, 2021

In arguing for the humanities, this “American Scholar” article makes good points but dismisses some powerful arguments.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 25, 2021

Hamlet may give us some insight into adolescent suicides, which are on the rise.

By Robin Bates | Published: October 24, 2021

The GOP desire to move on from Trump’s coup attempt is like Claudius wanting to move on from his successful one against Hamlet’s father.

By Robin Bates | Published: September 2, 2021

A British judge has ordered a white supremacist to read Dickens and Austen. Why these authors.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 28, 2021

In certain ways, January 6 was a reenactment of “Julius Caesar.” Trump supporters, however, were more Cassius than Brutus.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 22, 2021

The modern Olympics owe a debt to poetry.

By Robin Bates | Published: July 17, 2021

In his joyous poem “i thank You God for most this amazing,” e.e. cummings uses his distinctive style in service of expressing God.