Excellent work. I saw this performed at the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, MN. Very powerful performance. I liked this edition in particular because it explained the nuances of the language right next to the original text. That plus the performance made this easier to understand.
Excellent work. I saw this performed at the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, MN. Very powerful performance. I liked this edition in particular because it explained the nuances of the language right next to the original text. That plus the performance made this easier to understand.
I’ve read some great interpretations of King Lear. It’s an allegory of Reason’s descent to immorality. It’s about accepting death. It’s a Freudian tale of seeking a maternal bond. However, as I read the play, I kept coming back to Sophocles. Shakespeare creates an English Oedipus.It’s not a dir...
This is actually a great story, even with all the morality and religious undertones, it is really well written, and I am really happy I had to read this for class. Will definitely check out more of the Fairie Quene later!The style is amazing, how can someone write a long story in poem form, with th...
Cassius connives, Antony persuades and Caesar dies. But Brutus is the tragic figure in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. A noble soul led astray because his own self-righteousness blinds him to the world as it is, not as he dreams it to be. His self-appointed role as steward for the Republic gives hi...
This book is pretty friggin awesome. Read the review at PGP>>>
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