Monthly Archives: June 2014

Shakespeare & Independence Day

Posted on June 30, 2014 by jimmie

“…Believe my words, For they are certain and unfallible.” (King Henry VI part 1, act 1, sc. 2) So says the Duke of Orleans after explaining to the King of France that Joan of Arc is really endowed with supernatural powers. In a somewhat similar vein, the opening words of the American Declaration of Independence Read More

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Shakespeare, Inequality and Society

Posted on June 23, 2014 by jimmie

ARVIRAGUS Are we not brothers? IMOGEN So man and man should be; But clay and clay differs in dignity, Whose dust is both alike.” (Cymbeline, act 4, sc. 1) “…Methinks I see my father”, says Hamlet. “Where my lord?” asks Horatio. “In my mind’s eye”, replies Hamlet. And it is in our minds’ eye that, Read More

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Shakespeare, Obedience, Bees and Society

Posted on June 17, 2014 by jimmie

“Obedience: for so work the honey bees, Creatures that, by rule in nature, teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom. They have a king, and officers of sorts.” (King Henry V, act 1, sc. 2) At the end of the 19th century Leo Tolstoy directly observed instances of sheer (Russian) state brutality. He Read More

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Shakespeare and the Exchanged Prisoner Bergdahl

Posted on June 8, 2014 by jimmie

“Thus may poor fools Believe false teachers: though those that are betray’d Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor Stands in worse case of woe” Cymbeline, act 3, sc. 4 Sometimes an episode, like a good novel, sheds more light on the history of the times than academic essays written by experts. Such is Read More

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Shakespeare, Patriotism and Exceptionalism

Posted on June 2, 2014 by jimmie

“…there’s not one wise man among twenty that will praise himself.” Much Ado About Nothing, act 5, sc. 2 The term “Patria” or homeland is, of course, of Latin origin, meaning “land of the fathers”. In turn, presidents’ patriotic speeches celebrate the achievements of the inhabitants of their respective “land of the fathers” and, by Read More

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