Let’s look at five times that Lear offered us some rather solid, if unconventional, advice.
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“Methinks thou art a general offense”: Cats Deliver Shakespearean Insults
Because what goes better with a haughty insult than a haughty, haughty feline? Henry IV, Part Two Henry IV, Part One The Two Gentlemen of Verona All's Well That Ends Well Henry IV, Part One King Lear King Lear Measure for Measure As You Like It Aaaaand the winner is... Henry IV, Part One Shakes…
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A Very Bad Bard, Indeed
William Shakespeare---playwright, poet... ruthless tax evader? So says a new research paper to be presented next month by academics Dr Jayne Archer, Professor Richard Marggraf Turley and Professor Howard Thomas of Aberystwyth University, Wales. These three have exposed the Bard for offenses he committed more than four hundred years ago---those of hoarding grain during a food shortage…
Shakespeare and Fry and Bly, Oh My! : Literary Quotes On Storms
At eNotes, we want all of our followers and customers to know we are thinking about you in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and wish everyone a speedy and safe recovery. Hopefully, you have power and can read this... but if your battery is running low, I hear there is a Starbucks on Broadway where…
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