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Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd rated it 11 years ago
This is a story about a General who is thrust into the world of politics, namely because he was such a good general. However, while he happpens to be a great general, as a politician he positively sucks. Basically, Gaius Marcius' main flaw (despite the fact that I don't believe in fatal flaws) is th...
O! what Man will do fore a Rime!
O! what Man will do fore a Rime! rated it 11 years ago
Hadst thou in person ne'er offended me, Even for his sake am I pitiless. Remember, boys, I poured forth tears in vain To save your brother from the sacrifice, But fierce Andronicus would not relent. - Tamora Titus Andronicus 2.3, ll. 161-165 Note: The reviews below were taken directly from my Go...
O! what Man will do fore a Rime!
O! what Man will do fore a Rime! rated it 11 years ago
Love is merely a madness, and, I tell you, deserves as well a dark house and a whip as madmen do: and the reason why they are not so punished and cured is that the lunacy is so ordinary that the whippers are in love too. - Rosalind As You Like It 3.2, ll. 362-365 Note: The review below was taken...
janeg
janeg rated it 13 years ago
Excited for Richard iii. In love with the character already.
A Cruel Man Delighting in Flowers
A Cruel Man Delighting in Flowers rated it 14 years ago
Reviewing this particular book properly would require over a thousand other books... It is brilliant to the point of blinding, and it is formative to the modern human mind. Harold Bloom (you, the fat, ugly, old guy that didn't dig Harry Potter all that much...) has it inventing you - the modern huma...
A Cruel Man Delighting in Flowers
A Cruel Man Delighting in Flowers rated it 14 years ago
…I have found that the senses deceive, and it is prudent never to trust completely those who have deceived us once. Rene Descartes‘Who’s there?’ Bernado asks—frightened, confused, unable to rely on his senses—and Hamlet begins with the very question that shall haunt its lines throughout. Who is ther...
Manny Rayner's book reviews
Manny Rayner's book reviews rated it 52 years ago
Henry VI's! They're like buses. You wait for ages, and then three come by at once.
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