Despite all of the accolades and my general liking of the actors, I had no desire to see the film version of this book. However, at my household at the dinner table, my husband and I use that time to engage our children in very freewheeling conversations about a variety of current events topics. ...
Is it fit or can it bear the shockOf rational discussion,that a man Compounded and made up, like other men, Of elements tumultuous, in whom lust And folly in as ample measure meet, As in the bosom of the slave he rules,Should be a despot absolute, and boast Himself the only freemen of his land?-Cowp...