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Shakespeare’s King Lear, scene 1.1: Full commentary
The Tragedy of King Lear may very well be Shakespeare’s crowning achievement, and possibly the best play written in literary history. Personally, I am divided between King Lear and Hamlet, though in periods Othello and Macbeth will make their appearance, in periods Anthony and Cleopatra or Measure for Measure. Even The Tempest, Twelfth Night or Continue reading
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Defending The Western Canon
It is a tragic realisation that most colleges and universities in the West have gone away from studying, inquiring, and appreciating the importance and stunning beauty of the Western Canon, which, after all, is the backbone of our society — our birth certificate, if you will. Instead the oppression of our most significant authors (see Continue reading
Paradiso 